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Meanings of macadam in English

Portuguese
macadame

A paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar.

        macadame
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        Examples for "tarmac"
        Examples for "tarmac"
        1
        Outside, broken pavements and deteriorating tarmac are also in need of replacement.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Tenet's plane sat on the tarmac, behind other government planes, for hours.
        The way of the world
        3
        He pulled her backward and let her drop naturally onto the tarmac.
        Private Sector
        4
        Now I hear the fairy crunches of army tires on the tarmac.
        The godfather of kathmandu
        5
        I'd been framed, literally from the moment I'd stepped onto Tuzla's tarmac.
        Secret Sanction
        1
        When it was finished we put in a tarmacadam driveway.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Outside a tarmacadam driveway leads to a large garage and there is a side entrance.
        The Irish Times
        3
        The promenade is 22 metres wide, of which the tarmacadam path is four metres wide.
        The Irish Times
        4
        He said vandals had damaged the paving slabs, and tarmacadam used in a repair had degenerated.
        The Irish Times
        5
        It is the ancestor of our modern asphalt or tarmacadam roadway (tarmac for short).
        How the scots invented the modern world: the true story of how w...
        Usage of macadam in English
        1
        The soil makes a natural macadam, which dries in a few hours.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891
        2
        Taillights reflected on the surface of the water streaming across the macadam.
        Water, stone, heart
        3
        Paulsen-Fuchs' Citröen sputtered along the rugged single-lane macadam road, snow chains grinding.
        Blood music
        4
        He parked at the edge of the macadam apron, behind the drop-offs.
        Two for the dough
        5
        The rich creosote smell of wet macadam rose up to his nostrils.
        Evan and elle
        6
        Ears were deafened by the confused tramp of feet on the macadam road.
        Three Soldiers
        7
        His iron shoes were clicking along the macadam of the dike.
        In and out of Three Normandy Inns
        8
        Richie could hear the fast rattle-thud of loafers on the macadam.
        IT
        9
        The ride into Worcester was a fast one over good gravel and macadam.
        Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile / Being a Desultory Narrativ...
        10
        The macadam road surface had been bleached a soft gray by the sun.
        Eye of vengeance
        11
        Jim saw a wide macadam road leading up through the pines.
        Still Jim
        12
        Their horses strained white-eyed at their bits, kicking up dust from the macadam.
        The Golem and the Jinni
        13
        Reno is a city of beautiful residences, trees and shrubbery; asphalt and macadam streets.
        Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information
        14
        Now the road was of macadam, but I didn't recognize the place at all.
        The Great Book of Amber
        15
        Ragged teeth of macadam concrete bit at the morning air.
        Phantoms
        16
        It's a long walk across hot macadam, but none of them seems to mind.
        Mr. Mercedes
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        Translations for macadam
        Portuguese
        macadameasfalto
        Macadam through the time
        Macadam across language varieties
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