26984 words

pavement

3 definitions • 2 examples
1
a path with a hard surface on one or both sides of a road, that people walk on:

Examples:

Keep to the pavement, Rosie, there's a good girl.
2
the surface of a road when it has been covered with concrete or tarmac
3
the hard surface of a road, a sidewalk (= path next to a road), or other area of ground:

Examples:

[ U ] The umbrella fell to the pavement with a clatter.

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