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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

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]


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. [1913 Webster] The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Pavement teeth (Zool.), flattened teeth which in certain fishes, as the skates and cestracionts, are arranged side by side, like tiles in a pavement. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
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]