pavement

Meanings

Plural: pavements

Noun

• the paved surface of a thoroughfare
• material used to pave an area
• walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway
• A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground.
• A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road.
• A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface.
• The paved part of an area other than a road or sidewalk, such as a cobblestone plaza, asphalt schoolyard or playground, or parking lot.
• Interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings.
• Interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings.
• The interior flooring of a church sanctuary, between the communion rail and the altar.

Synonyms

footpath, paving, paving material, sidewalk, trottoir