macadam
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Named after Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam (1756–1836), who invented the process of macadamization. Used for describing road surfaces originally constructed using the McAdam method, but now sometimes used for any road or street.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məˈkædəm/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun edit
macadam (countable and uncountable, plural macadams)
- (uncountable) The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).
- (US, dated, countable) Any road or street.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
surface of a road
Verb edit
macadam (third-person singular simple present macadams, present participle macadaming or macadamming, simple past and past participle macadamed or macadammed)
- (transitive) To cover or surface with macadam.
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Further reading edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
macadam m (plural macadams)
Further reading edit
- “macadam”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French macadam or German Makadam.
Noun edit
macadam n (plural macadamuri)
- macadam (surface of a road)
Declension edit
Declension of macadam
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) macadam | macadamul | (niște) macadamuri | macadamurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) macadam | macadamului | (unor) macadamuri | macadamurilor |
| vocative | macadamule | macadamurilor | ||
Spanish edit
Noun edit
macadam m (plural macadams or macadam)
Further reading edit
- “macadam”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014