tarmacadam, tarmac, macadam
(noun) a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar
macadam
(noun) broken stone used in macadamized roadways
Source: WordNet® 3.1
macadam (countable and uncountable, plural macadams)
(uncountable) The surface of a road consisting of layers of crushed stone (usually tar-coated for modern traffic).
(US, dated, countable) Any road or street.
macadam (third-person singular simple present macadams, present participle macadamming or macadaming, simple past and past participle macadammed or macadamed)
(transitive) To cover or surface with macadam.
Macadam
A surname.
MacAdam
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
