: something that suggests a pavement (as in flatness, hardness, and extent of surface)
Examples of pavement in a Sentence
He stopped the car just off the pavement.
The summer heat rose off the pavement.
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The reconstruction includes replacing pavement, improving drainage systems and upgrading pedestrian facilities.—Maddie Robinson, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024 Trees and vines overhung the road, and the pavement was cracked and breaking up along the shoulders, but none of it made for a difficult climb, only a bit sticky in the stagnant heat.—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024 The lower speed is effective for clearing the pavement or tight corners, and the higher speed works well on the open lawn.—Sandi Schwartz, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2024 Two decades after it was introduced, Ducati’s do-everything model, the Multistrada, has evolved from an ungainly ugly duckling to a sleek pavement scorcher than can also head off the pavement.—William Roberson, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pavement
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin pavimentum, from pavire
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