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mac⋅ad⋅am⋅ize

[muh-kad-uh-mahyz]
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
to pave by laying and compacting successive layers of broken stone, often with asphalt or hot tar.
Also, especially British, mac⋅ad⋅am⋅ise.


Origin:
1815–25; macadam + -ize


mac⋅ad⋅am⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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macadamise

verb
surface with macadam; "macadam the road" [syn: macadamize
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