pavement

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Synonyms 1.1.2 Translations 1.1.3 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

pavement (plural pavements)

1. (chiefly British) A paved footpath at the side of a road.
2. (US) Any paved exterior surface, as with a road or sidewalk.
3. The interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings such as a cathedral.
4. The material with which a surface is paved.

   Rioting youths swarmed across a downtown Paris plaza... hurling stones and chunks of pavement at police... [1]

[edit] Synonyms

• (footpath) sidewalk (US)
• (surface of road) roadway (UK), road surface (UK), pave (US)

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• footpath
• sidewalk
• Wikipedia article on pavement