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macadamize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb macadamize has 1 sense
- macadamize(v = verb.contact) macadamise, tarmac - surface with macadam; "macadam the road" is one way to coat, surface
Derived forms noun macadam2, noun macadam1
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
macadamize, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
macadamize
Smoothness
VB smooth, smoothen, plane, file, mow, shave, level, roll, macadamize, polish, burnish, calender, glaze, iron, hot-press, mangle, lubricate.
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