pavementnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpeɪv.mənt/us/ˈpeɪv.mənt/B1 UK US sidewalk a path with a hard surface on one or both sides of a road, that people walk on:
Keep to the pavement, Rosie, there's a good girl.
B2 US the surface of a road when it has been covered with concrete or tarmac
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- Penalty for dogs fouling the pavement - £50.
- The car was parked awkwardly across the pavement.
- He was lying face downwards on the pavement.
- I've told you many a time not to ride your bike on the pavement.
- Jackie fell over and scraped her knee on the pavement.
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Roads: pedestrian routes
- alley
- boardwalk
- bridle path
- cart track
- causeway
- crazy paving
- esplanade
- ley line
- maze
- nature strip
- path
- pathless
- pathway
- paver
- sidewalk
- stepping stone
- stile
- the highways and byways idiom
- trackless
- trail
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