Complete Definition of "pavement"

English

Noun
en-noun

  1. context|chiefly|UK 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

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

Translations
trans-top|footpath
Bosnian: trotoar#Bosnian|trotoar m
Chinese: 人�� (rénxíngdào)
Croatian: trotoar#Crotian|trotoar m
Czech: chodník m
Danish: fortov
Dutch: stoep
French: trottoir#French|trottoir m
German: Bürgersteig m
Interlingua: trottoir#Interlingua|trottoir
trans-mid
Italian: marciapiede m
Polish: chodnik m
Portuguese: calçada f
Russian: ��о��а� m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ��о�оа�#Serbian|��о�оа� m
:Roman: trotoar#Serbian|trotoar m
Swedish: trottoar
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trans-top|surface of road
Bosnian: plo�nik#Bosnian|plo�nik m
Croatian: plo�nik#Croatian|plo�nik m
Danish: vejbelægning
French: chaussée f
German: Asphalt m
Interlingua: pavimento#Interlingua|pavimento
Italian: pavimentazione stradale f
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|ب��رد��ز
Polish: nawierzchnia drogi f
Portuguese: pavimento#Portuguese|pavimento m
Russian: мо��ова�
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: пло�ник#Serbian|пло�ник m
:Roman: plo�nik#Serbian|plo�nik m
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See also

footpath
sidewalk
w:pavement|Wikipedia article on pavement

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