pavement
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈpeɪvmənt/
pavement (uncountable)
- (dated) Any paved floor.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book 1”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708 ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554 ↗:
- The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold.
- (chiefly, British, India) A paved footpath, especially at the side of a road.
- (US) Any paved exterior surface, as of a road or sidewalk.
- 1991, Airpower Journal 1911 (page 45)
- The antirunway munitions are specifically designed to cause maximum destruction to airfield pavements.
- 1991, Airpower Journal 1911 (page 45)
- The interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings such as a cathedral.
- (footpath) sidewalk (US), footpath, footway, platform
- (surface of road) roadway (US), road surface (US); paving
- French: trottoir
- German: Bürgersteig, Gehweg, Gehsteig
- Italian: marciapiede
- Portuguese: calçada
- Russian: тротуа́р
- Spanish: acera, (Guatemala) banqueta, (Southern Cone) vereda
- French: revêtement, chaussée
- German: Asphalt, Pflaster
- Italian: pavimentazione stradale, pavimentazione, manto, manto stradale, superficie
- Portuguese: pavimento
- Russian: мостова́я
- Spanish: pavimento, asfalto
- French: pavement
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