macadam
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of macadam
1815–25; named after J. L. McAdam (1756–1836), Scottish engineer who invented it
Vocabulary lists containing macadam
You Name It: Eponyms
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Example Sentences
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So she and her daughter went into business together, opening a Portland shop on Southwest Macadam Avenue called Little Amsterdam.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 16, 2023
"This is classic buy-the-dip and it's afforded people to add on to some core positions like Apple, which are good long-term story, at cheaper prices," said Greg Swenson, founding partner of Brigg Macadam.
From Reuters • Mar. 24, 2022
Without any new evidence of its survival in the River Dee, the scarce yellow sally stonefly would be declared locally extinct, Mr. Macadam said; it already had vanished from an assortment of European countries.
From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2020
Though flies may seem insignificant, Macadam points out that they are important workhorses in many ecosystems.
From The Verge • Jan. 16, 2018
Macadam speaks of finding it in the fall, but I have never succeeded in finding it later than June.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
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