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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pave•ment /ˈpeɪvmənt/USA pronunciation n. - Civil Engineering[countable] a paved road, highway, etc.
- Civil Engineering a paved surface or floor:[uncountable]streets with cracked and broken pavement.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pave•ment (pāv′mənt),USA pronunciation n. - Civil Engineeringa paved road, highway, etc.
- Civil Engineeringa paved surface, ground covering, or floor.
- Civil Engineeringa material used for paving.
- British Terms, Dialect Terms[Atlantic States and Brit.]sidewalk.
- Idioms pound the pavement, [Informal.]to walk the streets in order to accomplish something:If you're going to find work you'd better start pounding the pavement.
- Latin pavīmentum. See pave, -ment
- Old French
- 1250–1300; Middle English
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pavement /ˈpeɪvmənt/ n - a hard-surfaced path for pedestrians alongside and a little higher than a road
US and Canadian word: sidewalk - the material used in paving
Etymology: 13th Century: from Latin pavīmentum a hard floor, from pavīre to beat hard |