"Telfordize" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: Telfordizes [present, singular, third-person], Telfordizing [participle, present], Telfordized [participle, past], Telfordized [past]
Etymology: Telford + -ize, after the civil engineer Thomas Telford. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Telford|ize}} Telford + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} Telfordize (third-person singular simple present Telfordizes, present participle Telfordizing, simple past and past participle Telfordized)
  1. (transitive) To furnish (a road) with a Telford pavement. Tags: transitive Related terms: Telfordization

Inflected forms

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