Macadam and Pavement

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Macadam

Macadam noun - Broken stone used in macadamized roadways.
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Pavement and macadam are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pavement" instead a noun "Macadam".
Nearby Words: macadamized, macadamised

Pavement

Pavement noun - The paved surface of a thoroughfare.
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Macadam and pavement are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Macadam" instead a noun "Pavement".
Nearby Words: pave, paving, paved, paver

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  • Tarmac (asphalt road covering): Interestingly, the term originally referred to a completely different pavement, tar-penetration macadam.
    Source: Brand Name Takeover
  • The development of asphalt as a paving surface made macadam surfaces (which are very labor-intensive to build) obsolete, but the old alternate term for "pavement" carried forward.
    Source: Brand Name Takeover
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