Macadamize

Quick meaning: Macadamize is a verb meaning (American and Oxford British spelling) To cover (a road) with macadam (small, broken stones) so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.

Meaning

(American and Oxford British spelling) To cover (a road) with macadam (small, broken stones) so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.

Example Sentences

Lo there what mix’d conditions run! The orphan lad; the widow’s son; And Fortune’s favour’d care— The wealthy born, for whom she hath Mac-Adamized the future path— The Nabob’s pamper’d heir!

Though the village has recently got a macadamized road under Prime Ministers Gram Sadak Yojna Scheme and regular bus service has now been provided, there are a number of women who have lost their lives due to not receiving medical aid or help during pregnancy and child birth.

1860, Review of Erastus C. Benedict, A Run Through Europe, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Volume 21, p. 546, He pointed to the macadamized streets about that great hospital, and said, “The managers applied to the Emperor to macadamize the streets, to prevent the noise, and he did it. He does all that is asked of him.” Some say, however, that the Emperor is so ready to macadamize, because paving stones are so convenient in revolutionary barricades.

Word Forms

• macadamizes
• macadamizing
• macadamized
• macadamise

Synonyms for macadamize

Depending on context, synonyms include macadam.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pave, macadam, tarmacadam, encrust, hardscape, stean.

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