Meaning

6 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground.

    the paved surface of a thoroughfare

  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.

    walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway

  3. (Canada, US, uncountable, usually)A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface.

    Asphalt, Pflaster, Steinpflaster

    мостова́яmostovája, асфа́льтasfálʹt

    мостова́mostová, брукі́вкаbrukívka, асфа́льтasfálʹt

  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.

    Pflaster

    мощёный полmoščónyj pol

  6. Interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings.

    (uncountable, usually)The interior flooring of a church sanctuary, between the communion rail and the altar.

Examples

83 sentences
  1. They cleared the pavement of snow.

    ruОни очистили тротуар от снега. — GranD

    deSie räumten den Schnee vom Gehweg. — Hans_Adler

  2. The ball bounced on the pavement.

  3. Tom looked under the car to see if there was any oil on the pavement under the car.

  4. Tom found a wallet on the pavement.

    Том знайшов на тротуарі гаманець. — deniko

    ruТом нашёл на тротуаре бумажник. — odexed

  5. The pavement is slippery.

    Тротуар слизький. — deniko

    ruТротуар скользкий. — marafon

    deAuf dem Gehsteig ist es rutschig. — brauchinet

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
surface of road:
Русский
By meaning 2
surface of road:
interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
surface of road:

Origin

From Middle English pament, from Anglo-Norman pavement and reinforced by Middle French pav

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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Forms

plural: pavements
Singularpavement
Pluralpavements

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the paved surface of a thoroughfare:paving
  • walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway:sidewalk
  • material used to pave an area:pavingpaving material

Word family

20 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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