un macadamized

mac·ad·am·ize

[muh-kad-uh-mahyz]
verb (used with object), mac·ad·am·ized, mac·ad·am·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
un·mac·ad·am·ized, adjective
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macadamize or macadamise (məˈkædəˌmaɪz) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
(tr) to construct or surface (a road) with macadam
 
macadamise or macadamise
 
vb
 
macadami'zation or macadamise
 
n
 
macadami'sation or macadamise
 
n
 
mac'adamizer or macadamise
 
n
 
mac'adamiser or macadamise
 
n

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Un macadamized is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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