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paving stone

British  

noun

  1. a concrete or stone slab for paving

"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

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The addition of heavy landscape planters and thick paving stone on the pool deck in the 1990s further stressed the building, adding tons of uncalculated deadweight to the deficient slab.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Mysterious Hebrew writing found by builders on a paving stone while renovating a home is essentially gibberish, a university academic has concluded.

From BBC May 23, 2024

And every relationship leap is a paving stone leading to its action-heavy finale, "Hegemony," and the U.S.S.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2023

Snyder designed sculptures, “The Seven Columns of the Temple of Wisdom”; a paving stone design, “Upright”; and a chair symbolizing the biblical throne of Solomon that is atop a bridge joining the complex’s two towers.

From New York Times May 19, 2022

She was silent long enough to count every paving stone.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

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