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