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Meaning of macadam | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/məˈkædəm/

Definitions

  1. The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).
    uncountable
  2. A surname, an alternative form of MacAdam.
  3. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  4. Any road or street.
    US, countable, dated

Equivalents

Čeština makadam
Deutsch Makadam
Suomi murske sepeli
Polski makadam
Português macadame
Русский щебень

Examples

“This narrow-gauge line had suffered the same fate as that between Schull and Skibbereen, with the track taken up except where it runs through one of the town streets and is embedded in the macadam.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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