MACADAMIZE

macadamize, macadamise, tarmac

(verb) surface with macadam; “macadam the road”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

macadamize (third-person singular simple present macadamizes, present participle macadamizing, simple past and past participle macadamized)

To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.

Source: Wiktionary

Mac*ad"am*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Macadamized; p. pr. & vb. n. Macadamizing.] [From John Loudon McAdam, who introduced the process into Great Britain in 1816.]

Definition: To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition