pavement

Noun
Synonyms: pavingpaving materialsidewalk

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. the paved surface of a thoroughfareSynonyms: paving
  2. material used to pave an areaSynonyms: pavingpaving material
  3. walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadwaySynonyms: sidewalk
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

Pavement \Pave"ment\, v. t. To furnish with a pavement; to pave. [Obs.] "How richly pavemented!" --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
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