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Noun Concept
Categories: Scottish inventions, Industrial Revolution, Asphalt, Articles with short description, Pavement engineering
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tarmacadam  tarmac  macadam  macadam road  Macadamisation
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A paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar WordNet 3.0
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A paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Macadam is a type of road construction pioneered by Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam around 1820, in which crushed stone is placed in shallow, convex layers and compacted thoroughly. Wikipedia
A method of road building. Wikipedia Disambiguation
A paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar. OmegaWiki
The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic). Wiktionary
Surface of a road. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
paved surface
road surface
DERIVATION
macadamize
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
John Loudon McAdam
NAMED AFTER
John Loudon McAdam
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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tarmacadam, tarmac, macadam
Wikipedia
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macadam
Wikidata
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macadam
Wiktionary
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macadam
OmegaWiki
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macadam
Wikipedia Redirections
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macadam road, Macadamisation, Macadamise, macadamised, Macadamised road, Macadamising, macadamization, Macadamize, macadamized, Macadamized system, macadamizing, Telford pavement, Telford road

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