[syn: sidewalk, pavement]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pavement \Pave"ment\, n. [F., fr. LL. pavamentum, L. pavimentum.
See Pave.]
That with which anything is paved; a floor or covering of
solid material, laid so as to make a hard and convenient
surface for travel; a paved road or sidewalk; a decorative
interior floor of tiles or colored bricks.
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The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold.
--Milton.
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Pavement teeth (Zool.), flattened teeth which in certain
fishes, as the skates and cestracionts, are arranged side
by side, like tiles in a pavement.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pavement \Pave"ment\, v. t.
To furnish with a pavement; to pave. [Obs.] "How richly
pavemented!" --Bp. Hall.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pavement
n 1: the paved surface of a thoroughfare [syn: pavement,
paving]
2: material used to pave an area [syn: paving, pavement,
paving material]
3: walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually
beside a street or roadway [syn: sidewalk, pavement]