pavement

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

sidewalk

footpath

paving

sidewalk

walkway

footway

pathway

paving material

road surface

paving stone

road

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roadway

service road

access road

side walk

side-walk

surfacing

cobblestone pavement

flat rock

paved road

public road

paved street

concrete road

paved ground

overlayer

covering surface

area under canopy

shoulder

blanket

causeway

decking

facing

flooring

highway

macadamized road

overlap

Translations

trottoir

marciapiede

Bürgersteig

acera

calçada

Gehweg

stoep

trottoir

πεζοδρόμιο

vorera

Gehsteig

pavimento

Pflaster

Trottoir

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.

Sentences

The pavement collapsed earlier this morning , injuring an old lady heading for the market .