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macadamize
Part of speech: VerbTo build or finish ( a road) by covering it with a compact layer of small broken stone, so as to form a smooth, hard, rounded surface.
Part of speech: NounMacadamization.
Usage examples "macadamize":- They exerted great influence in inducing communities to macadamize roads, for which the passing of the stage- coach and the spread of railroads had diminished the demand. - "History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6)", E. Benjamin Andrews.
- Unless changes are made in the location of the roads in many parts of this country it would be worse than folly to macadamize them. - "The Future of Road-making in America", Archer Butler Hulbert.