How do you use Macadam in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like tarmac, plus the exact meaning.
Macadam meaning
- The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).
- Any road or street.
Synonyms of Macadam
Using Macadam
- The main meaning on this page is: The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic). | Any road or street.
- Useful related words include: paving material, tarmacadam, tarmac, paved surface.
- In the example corpus, macadam often appears in combinations such as: on macadam.
Context around Macadam
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Macadam
- In this selection, "macadam" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, grouted, existing, suzanne, pavement, third and subby stand out and add context to how "macadam" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an existing macadam pavement spreading and and suzanne macadam third place. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "macadam" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with macadam
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I don't think that laundry deteregent has any impact on macadam, subby. (13 words)
He developed an inexpensive paving material of soil and stone aggregate (known as macadam ). (14 words)
Slovak relatives of Adela Gross saw her name on Macadam’s list and contacted her. (15 words)
Changes in soil chemical properties associated with burning include significantly increased pH, which Macadam (1987) in the Sub-boreal Spruce Zone of central British Columbia found persisting more than a year after the burn. (34 words)
Quarterfinals Round 6 winners, who competed Oct. 4 and moved on to the semifinals, were: Jaems Gusse, first place; Kacy Sanchez-Joaquin, second place; and Suzanne MacAdam, third place. (29 words)
In her review, MacAdam said there was a lack of documentation in seven of 10 instances to show a formal review took place when the triggering criteria were met. (29 words)
Example sentences (13)
Tar-grouted macadam was in use well before 1900, and involved scarifying the surface of an existing macadam pavement, spreading tar, and re-compacting.
Quarterfinals Round 6 winners, who competed Oct. 4 and moved on to the semifinals, were: Jaems Gusse, first place; Kacy Sanchez-Joaquin, second place; and Suzanne MacAdam, third place.
Mr. Macadam, of the Buglife conservation charity, said the species’ rediscovery has rekindled hope for other critically endangered invertebrates that have gone missing.
Slovak relatives of Adela Gross saw her name on Macadam’s list and contacted her.
In her review, MacAdam said there was a lack of documentation in seven of 10 instances to show a formal review took place when the triggering criteria were met.
I don't think that laundry deteregent has any impact on macadam, subby.
On 99A Avenue, a young man named Avery MacAdam set up shop to raise funds for the War Amps.
Burning Broadcast burning is commonly used to prepare clearcut sites for planting, e.g., in central British Columbia, Macadam, A.M. 1987.
Changes in soil chemical properties associated with burning include significantly increased pH, which Macadam (1987) in the Sub-boreal Spruce Zone of central British Columbia found persisting more than a year after the burn.
He developed an inexpensive paving material of soil and stone aggregate (known as macadam ).
Shorter, newer, and Olympic quality tracks tend to be timber or synthetics; longer, older, or inexpensive tracks are concrete, macadam, or even cinder.
Some of these paper have been translated to English and can be found in: Sources of Colour Science, Ed. David L. MacAdam, The MIT Press (1970).
The approval process was a hotly debated subject because of the removal of the original macadam construction that made this road famous.
Common combinations with macadam
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- on macadam 2×