pavement
noun [C] /ˈpeɪv.mənt/Definition
B1 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.Pedestrian routes B2 US the surface of a road when it has been covered with concrete or tarmacRoad surfaces and features
(Definition of pavement noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- alley noun
- beat verb (HIT)
- boardwalk noun
- cart track noun
- causeway noun
- channel noun (AIRPORT/PORT)
- crazy paving noun
- nature trail noun
- path noun (TRACK)
- pathless adjective
- pathway noun
- paving noun
- paving stone noun
- pedestrianize verb
- the highways and byways idiom
- towpath noun
- track noun (PATH)
- trackless adjective
- trail noun (PATH)
- walkway noun
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