pavement
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- noun
- /ˈpeɪvmənt/
- Recycled pavement is used to make new pavement, roadbeds, shoulders, and embankments.
- road pavement
- pavement markings
- hit the pavement
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Watch on YouTubeThe pods operate on pavements as well as roads.
- The pods operate on pavements as well as roads.
- It's that smell of like freshly cut grass or just like pavement after it rains.
- And the and the police pushed them to the pavement.
- You want it lighter so it's not destroying those, those less strong pavements, right?
- They're light, more responsive, foam adds spring to every step, extra traction grips the pavement.
- The worms crushed on the pavement cries mercy, Mercy.
- So on the pavement by the car.
- Caroline Ping runs three strolls down, lays on the pavement outside.
- So we pulled up a sort of half bed truck on the pavement scaffold through the window.
Examples
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The children played happily on the pavement outside the school.
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I got grass to smell, pavement to walk on.
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Something about the sound of the wheels on the pavement just helps me think, I guess.
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I can't wait to get this thing out on some pavement.
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It's that smell of like freshly cut grass or just like pavement after it rains.
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During storms, rainwater runs off the pavement, collecting pollutants as it goes.
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The skateboarder glided smoothly along the pavement in the park.
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The construction crew repaired the cracks in the pavement on Main Street.
Synonyms
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A paved path next to a street for people to walk on
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A hard surface, like a road, made for people and vehicles to move on
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The top layer of a road that vehicles drive on
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A flat area covered with hard material like concrete or stones
Idioms
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To go out onto the street to look for work, run for exercise, or sell things
Compounds
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A person who draws pictures on the pavement with chalk to earn money from people walking by
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Etymology
Pavement comes from the verb pave, which comes from an old Latin word meaning 'to beat down'. So, imagine a road surface made hard by setting stones or concrete, and that's why a pavement is the hard surface of a street or road used by cars and people.