This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
pavement
[ peyv-muhnt ]
/ ˈpeɪv mənt /
Save This Word!
This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
noun
QUIZ
QUIZ YOURSELF ON "IS" VS. "ARE"
"Is" it time for a new quiz? "Are" you ready? Then prove your excellent skills on using "is" vs. "are."
Question 1 of 7
IS and ARE are both forms of which verb?
Idioms about pavement
pound the pavement, Informal. to walk the streets in order to accomplish something: If you're going to find work you'd better start pounding the pavement.
OTHER WORDS FROM pavement
pave·men·tal [peyv-men-tl], /peɪvˈmɛn tl/, adjectivepre·pave·ment, nounsub·pave·ment, nounWords nearby pavement
pavane, Pavarotti, Pavarotti, Luciano, pave, Pavel Petrovich, pavement, pavement artist, paver, Pavese, pave the way, Pavia
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2022
How to use pavement in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for pavement
pavement
/ (ˈpeɪvmənt) /
noun
a hard-surfaced path for pedestrians alongside and a little higher than a roadUS and Canadian word: sidewalk
a paved surface, esp one that is a thoroughfare
the material used in paving
civil engineering the hard layered structure that forms a road carriageway, airfield runway, vehicle park, or other paved areas
Word Origin for pavement
C13: from Latin pavīmentum a hard floor, from pavīre to beat hard
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with pavement
pavement
see pound the pavement.
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.