Definitions for: Pavement


[n] the paved surface of a thoroughfare
[n] walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway
[n] material used to pave an area



Webster (1913) Definition: Pave"ment, n. [F., fr. LL. pavamentum, L. pavimentum.
See Pave.]
That with which anythingis paved; a floor or covering of
solid material, laid so as to make a hard and convenient
surface for travel; a paved road or sidewalk; a decorative
interior floor of tiles or colored bricks.

The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold.
--Milton.

Pavement teeth (Zo["o]l.), flattened teeth which in certain
fishes, as the skates and cestracionts, are arranged side
by side, like tiles in a pavement.


Pave"ment, v. t.
To furnish with a pavement; to pave. [Obs.] ``How richly
pavemented!'' --Bp. Hall.

Synonyms: paving, paving

See Also: curbside, paseo, paved surface, pavement, paving material, paving stone, road, route, sidewalk, street, walk, walkway

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