The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
macadam \macadam\ macadamized \macadamized\adj.
1. paved with macadam[2].
Syn: asphalt, tarmac, tarmacadam.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Macadamize \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.]
To cover, as a road, or street, parking lot, playground, or
other flat area, with macadam, so as to form a smooth,
hard, convex surface.
Syn: tarmac.
[1913 Webster]