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pavement

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  1. (uncountable, usually) A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground.
  2. (Canada, Ireland, Mid-Atlantic, South-Africa, UK, US, countable, usually) A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road.
  3. (Canada, US, uncountable, usually) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface.
  4. (Canada, US, uncountable, usually) The paved part of an area other than a road or sidewalk, such as a cobblestone plaza, asphalt schoolyard or playground, or parking lot.
  5. (uncountable, usually) Interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings.
  6. (uncountable, usually) Interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings.

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C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpeɪvm(ə)nt/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
pament
In summary

From Middle English pament, from Anglo-Norman pavement and reinforced by Middle French pavement; both from Latin pavīmentum (“paved surface or floor”), from pavīre (“to beat, to ram, to tread down”). Morphologically pave + -ment.

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sidewalk pedestrian concrete intersection construction
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underneath windshield

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