English to Afrikaans Meaning of macadam - Macadam

Macadam :

Macadam

noun

geplaveide, keisteen, gestolde melk, Macadam

Macadam :: MacadamMacadamize :: macadamiserenMacadamizes :: macadamizes

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Definitions of macadam in English

Noun(1) broken stone used in macadamized roadways(2) a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar

Examples of macadam in English

(1) How good a road is going to be depends on how the design is laid out initially vis-a-vis the layer of bitumen, macadam , coat of slurry seal or fog seal.(2) It left the macadam in the streets cracked and flaking.(3) Some stall floors are macadam and stone dust with bedding over top.(4) We will be continuing our programme of macadam overlays for regional and local roads around the county.(5) He made the point that a dense bitumen macadam base course was not designed to be skid resistant and he was not aware of any specification for skid resistance on a base course.(6) The dense bitumen macadam surface, in the absence of any other dressing, tends to polish and became dangerous, particularly after rain.(7) The result was that in 1906, Eltham became the first town in New Zealand to have a tarred macadam (tar-sealed) street.(8) In 1906 Eltham's Bridge Street and High Street became the first tarred macadam (tar-sealed) roads in New Zealand.(9) Once the newly laid lanes are open, the existing road will be shut to traffic and the top layer will be scraped off and fresh wet mix macadam laid.(10) Paving was usually done with asphalt or macadam , though brick paving blocks were also used.(11) The bituminous material at each site was dense bituminous macadam , which typically had a bitumen content of 4.0-4.5%.(12) Thanks to balky local governments, the full length was not finally surfaced with concrete or macadam until 1937.(13) Going by the calculations of the Chennai Corporation, each square metre of road laid with bituminous macadam costs the civic body Rs.450.(14) The dust clouds raised by cars were still asphyxiating, but macadam was slowly bringing relief.(15) The roads shall have sensory speed detectors, traffic lights and tar macadam .(16) I retraced my route down the gold brick driveway out to the macadam state road.

Related Phrases of macadam

Related Phrases of macadam

Synonyms

Noun

1. tarmacadam ::

tarmacadam

2. tarmac ::

teer

Different Forms

macadam, macadamize, macadamizes

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