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macadamize

[ muh-kad-uh-mahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, mac·ad·am·ized, mac·ad·am·iz·ing.
  1. to pave by laying and compacting successive layers of broken stone, often with asphalt or hot tar.


macadamize

/ məˈkædəˌmaɪz /

verb

  1. tr to construct or surface (a road) with macadam
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • macˌadamiˈzation, noun
  • macˈadamˌizer, noun
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Other Words From

  • mac·adam·i·zation noun
  • unmac·adam·ized adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of macadamize1

First recorded in 1815–25; macadam + -ize
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Example Sentences

Princeton University historian James M. McPherson writes that before all-weather macadamized roads, it cost the same to move a ton of goods 30 miles inland as it cost to bring a ton across the Atlantic.

Eventually, it would be “macadamized”: covered with crushed stone from a quarry in Dickerson, Md. Under Beach, four miles of macadam road and three miles of dirt road were completed.

Princeton University historian James M. McPherson in “Battle Cry of Freedom” noted that before 1815 — before all-weather macadamized roads — the only efficient means of moving goods long distances was sailing ships and down-river floats.

Following this example, England, before the days of railroads, built a broad macadamized road from Calcutta to Peshawur, over 1,500 miles.

The carriage-way, for the present, has only been gravelled and macadamized. 

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