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pavement noun

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Definition

UK (US sidewalk) a path with a hard surface on one or both sides of a road, that people walk on
Keep to the pavement, Rosie, there's a good girl.
US the surface of a road when it has been covered with concrete or tarmac

(Definition of pavement noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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