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pavement

[ peyv-muhnt ]

noun

  1. a paved road, highway, etc.
  2. a paved surface, ground covering, or floor.
  3. a material used for paving. pave.
  4. Atlantic States and British. sidewalk.


pavement

/ ˈpeɪvmənt /

noun

  1. a hard-surfaced path for pedestrians alongside and a little higher than a road US and Canadian wordsidewalk
  2. a paved surface, esp one that is a thoroughfare
  3. the material used in paving
  4. civil engineering the hard layered structure that forms a road carriageway, airfield runway, vehicle park, or other paved areas
  5. geology a level area of exposed rock resembling a paved road See limestone pavement
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • pave·men·tal [peyv-, men, -tl], adjective
  • pre·pavement noun
  • sub·pavement noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pavement1

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin pavīmentum. See pave, -ment
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pavement1

C13: from Latin pavīmentum a hard floor, from pavīre to beat hard
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. pound the pavement, Informal. to walk the streets in order to accomplish something:

    If you're going to find work you'd better start pounding the pavement.

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Example Sentences

Uneven pavement played havoc with plated dishes and craft cocktails.

Trudging along empty pavement to the nursing home where she works in Northeast Washington, she struggled to shake the feeling of being alone — and exposed.

The pavement is solid underfoot, the steps at 77 Mass Ave mere feet away, yet I can’t go inside, so the whole place feels like a dream.

Depending on how the surface is sealed, the cleaner could break down the oil in the pavement.

As you would expect, it was far superior than the van once we left the pavement.

Blood spatters on the pavement seem to confirm that he was moving toward Wilson when the instantly fatal shot was fired.

This year, however, Democratic dominance at pounding the pavement might finally be challenged.

Democrats have long dominated at pounding the pavement in the Hawkeye State.

“For some unknown reason, the vehicle traveled off the pavement at a gradual angle,” the troopers wrote.

Buzzfeed assures me that deadbeats camped out on the pavement in big cities are hipsters.

After that he lit a cigarette and smoked feverishly, walking up and down the pavement.

One day, on Ludgate hill, a porter passing him was nearly pushed off the pavement by an unintentional motion of the doctor.

There were many knots of men under the broad roof over the pavement, but in spite of the ubiquitous saloon no drunkenness.

Why must I and my child walk on this hot pavement, while they repose on velvet cushions and revel in all luxury?

The pavement is of rough cobble-stones, and swarms of dogs and children crowded the way everywhere.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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Pavel Petrovichpavement artist