Main Entry:

mac·ad·am·ize

Pronunciation:

\mə-ˈka-də-ˌmīz\

Function:

transitive verb

Inflected Form(s):

mac·ad·am·ized; mac·ad·am·iz·ing

Date:

1824

: to construct or finish (a road) by compacting into a solid mass a layer of small broken stone on a convex well-drained roadbed and using a binder (as cement or asphalt) for the mass