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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Macadamize \Mac*ad"am*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Macadamized};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Macadamizing}.] [From John Loudon McAdam,
who introduced the process into Great Britain in 1816.]
To cover, as a road, or street, parking lot, playground, or
other flat area, with {macadam}, so as to form a smooth,
hard, convex surface.
Syn: tarmac.
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