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How to pronounce pavement in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms sidewalk
Type of walkway, paseo, walk
Derivation pave
Type Words
Synonyms paving
Type of paved surface
Has types curbside
Derivation pave
Type Words
Synonyms paving, paving material
Type of artifact, artefact
Has types blacktop, blacktopping, concrete, macadam, tarmacadam, tarmac, asphalt
Derivation pave

Examples of pavement

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Street creep can sometimes cause pavement to shift more than 5 inches, she said.
From the stltoday.com
This method works similarly to a solar collector incorporated into the pavement.
From the sciencedaily.com
He was then said to have run out of the shop, dropping the head on the pavement.
From the independent.co.uk
I am sick and tired of seeing stores closed and my friends hitting the pavement.
From the economist.com
It is gutter dirt, pavement dirt, the dirt of cities blown with dust and litter.
From the guardian.co.uk
Firefighters used a chainsaw to cut the patio covering from the pavement roller.
From the ocregister.com
In conjunction, the west M-59 exit to Dequindre will closed for pavement repair.
From the freep.com
Finally, 53 miles after leaving pavement, you pull up to the Lower Springs area.
From the fresnobee.com
The man then reached in and grabbed a white sack and emptied it on the pavement.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • The paved surface of a thoroughfare
  • Paving: material used to pave an area
  • Sidewalk: walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway
  • A pavement in architecture is a stone or tile structure, the pavement, which can serve as a floor or an external feature. Pavements can be made of flagstones which are used for things like paving gardens, tiles also there were mosaics which were commonly used by the Romans.
  • Pavement is an American indie/alternative rock band. Although they experienced only moderate commercial success, they achieved a significant cult following and were one of the most popular and influential lo-fi rock bands of the 1990s.Erlewine, Stephen Thomas; Phares, Heather. "". AllMusic. ...
  • Pavement was a New Zealand youth culture magazine published bimonthly, and then quarterly, by Bernard McDonald and Glenn Hunt from 1993 to 2006.
  • Road surface (British English) or pavement (American English) is the durable surface material laid down on an area intended to sustain vehicular or foot traffic, such as a road or walkway. ...
  • A paved footpath at the side of a road; (uncountable) Paved exterior surface, as with a road or sidewalk; The interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings such as a cathedral; this sense?) (uncountable) The material with which a surface is paved
  • (paving) The hard durable surface placed directly atop the ground, as on a street or sidewalk; Interior pavement, as in a cathedral; Pertaining to the material used for pavement, or to the surface itself