Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The process of laying carriage-roads according to the system of John Loudon Macadam, a Scottish engineer (1756–1836), who carried it out very extensively in England.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The process or act of macadamizing.
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- noun UK The process of paving roads with
macadam .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He said the road requires further upgradation and final macadamization so that general public is able to conveniently drive on this road.
Mughal Road was dream of Sheikh Abdullah to re-link Poonch-Rajouri with Srinagar via Shopian :JK CM 2009
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He also informed the Prime Minister that under current State Plan Rs. 210 crore have been provided for macadamization of roads and Rs. 75 crore for expediting bridge construction.
Indian PM chairs high level Economic Reconstruction meeting in Kashmir 2009
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The visiting PoK leader showed keen interest in the macadamization programme under taken for development of roads and drainage system in the city.
Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) Dy Speaker calls on JK CM 2009
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His cogitative habits led him to take long walks in the country, and he soon flew from horticultural chemistry to real farming; and about the same time took to road making and macadamization, and became a surveyor of the highways.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 376, June 20, 1829 Various
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a sort of natural macadamization, and the time of our departure seemed to arrive several days too soon.
Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America William Cullen Bryant 1836
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"It is difficult," he added (20th of Jan.) "to picture the change made in this place by the removal of the paving stones (too ready for barricades), and macadamization.
The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete John Forster 1844
frogapplause commented on the word macadamization
Hmm. I mistakenly thought this word had something to do with Macadamia nuts. (Random word search.)
May 30, 2010
milosrdenstvi commented on the word macadamization
Apparently there were two separate John MacAdams after whom notable things were named. Fascinating.
May 30, 2010
bilby commented on the word macadamization
*showers frogapplause with macadamias*
May 30, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word macadamization
*leads Frog away from the macadam*
May 30, 2010