macadam

Anlam (İngilizce)

Noun

1. (uncountable) The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).
2. (US, countable, dated) Any road or street.

Verb

To cover or surface with macadam.

Kavramlar

şose

makadam

asfalt

Eş anlamlılar

tarmacadam

blacktop

tarmac

crushed rock

macadam road

road metal

spall

blacktopping

road-metal

pit-run gravel

asphalt pavement

asphalt

reduced stone

ballast

bitumen

broken stone

Çeviriler

macadam

Makadam

macadam

macadam

macadam

macadam

macadán

s

asfalto

macadame

macadam goudronné

asfalto

μακαντάμ

asfaltatura

bitumen

(IPA) olarak telaffuz edilir

/məˈkædəm/

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

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.