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What (who) is macadam - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
MacAdam; McAdam (disambiguation)
macadam
![Laying Telford paving in [[Aspinwall, Pennsylvania]], 1908](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laying Telford, Aspinwall, Pennsylvania, 1908.jpg?width=200 "Laying Telford paving in [[Aspinwall, Pennsylvania]], 1908")
[m?'kad?m]
¦ noun broken stone used in compacted layers for surfacing roads and paths, typically bound with tar or bitumen.
Derivatives
macadamed adjective
macadamized or macadamised adjective
Origin
C19: named after the British surveyor John L. McAdam.
Margaret Macadam
BRITISH ILLUSTRATOR
Macadam illustrator; Macadam (illustrator)
Margaret Macadam (1902–1991) was a British illustrator active in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1925 she won a scholarship to the Royal Academy Schools where a fellow student and future sister-in-law was Amy Elton.
Macadamized
ECONOMICAL TYPE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION USING COMPACTED CRUSHED STONE OF CONTROLLED SIZE
Macadamized system; Macadamize; Macadam road; Macadamized; Macadamising; Macadamizing; Macadamised road; Telford pavement; Macadamized road; Macadamisation; Macadamization; Macadamise
·Impf & ·p.p. of Macadamize.
Examples of use of macadam
1. The search ended Sunday at about 3 p.m. after 70 rescuers scoured the mountain, MacAdam said.
2. Koch,‘‘ Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable John MacAdam told The Associated Press.
3. "We‘re getting together the machinery and macadam to fill it," the source said.
4. Koch," Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable John MacAdam told The Associated Press.
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