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MACADAMIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does macadamize mean?
• MACADAMIZE (verb)
The verb MACADAMIZE has 1 sense:
1. surface with macadam
Familiarity information: MACADAMIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they macadamize ... he / she / it macadamizes
Past simple: macadamized
Past participle: macadamized
-ing form: macadamizing
... he / she / it macadamizes Past simple: macadamized
Past participle: macadamized
-ing form: macadamizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surface with macadam
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
macadamise; macadamize; tarmac
Context example:
macadam the road
Hypernyms (to "macadamize" is one way to...):
coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
macadam (a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar)
macadam (broken stone used in macadamized roadways)
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