pavement

pave·ment  (pvmnt)

n.

1.

a. A hard smooth surface, especially of a public area or thoroughfare, that will bear travel.

b. The material with which such a surface is made.

2. Chiefly British A sidewalk.

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pavement [ˈpeɪvmənt]

n

1. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a hard-surfaced path for pedestrians alongside and a little higher than a road US and Canadian word sidewalk

2. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a paved surface, esp one that is a thoroughfare

3. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) the material used in paving

4. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) Civil engineering the hard layered structure that forms a road carriageway, airfield runway, vehicle park, or other paved areas

5. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) Geology a level area of exposed rock resembling a paved road See limestone pavement

[from Latin pavīmentum a hard floor, from pavīre to beat hard]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pavement - the paved surface of a thoroughfare paving curbside - the side of a sidewalk that is bordered by a curb; "policemen stood at intervals along the curbside" paved surface - a level horizontal surface covered with paving material paving stone - a stone used for paving road, route - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation sidewalk, pavement - walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway street - a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"
	2.	pavement - material used to pave an area         paving, paving material artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole asphalt - mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing concrete - a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water blacktop, blacktopping - a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock macadam - broken stone used in macadamized roadways tarmac, tarmacadam - a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving
	3.	pavement - walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway sidewalk pavement, paving - the paved surface of a thoroughfare paseo, walkway, walk - a path set aside for walking; "after the blizzard he shoveled the front walk"

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pavement

noun sidewalk (U.S. & Canad.), footpath (Austral. & N.Z.) He was hurrying along the pavement.

Translations

pavement [ˈpeɪvmənt]

A. N (Brit) → acera f, vereda f (LAm), andén m (CAm, Col), banqueta f (Mex) (US) → calzada f, pavimento m
brick pavement → enladrillado m
stone pavement → empedrado m, adoquinado m
to leave the pavement (US) (Aut) → salir de la calzada

B. CPD pavement artist N → pintor(a) m/f callejero/a
pavement café N → café m con terraza, café m al aire libre

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pavement [ˈpeɪvmənt] n

(British) → trottoir m

(US) → chaussée f
pavement artist n (British) → artiste mf de rue
pavement café n (British) → café sur le trottoir)m avec terrasse >

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pavement

n (Brit) → Gehsteig m, → Bürgersteig m, → Trottoir nt; (US: = paved road) → Straße f; (= material) → Bodenbelag m; to leave the pavement (US Aut) → von der Straße abkommen; pavement artist → Pflastermaler(in) m(f)

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pavement [ˈpeɪvmənt] n (Brit) → marciapiede m (Am) → pavimentazione f stradale

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pavement [ˈpeɪvmənt] n (Brit) → marciapiede m (Am) → pavimentazione f stradale

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