pavement

/ˈpeɪvmənt/

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Type

Noun

Meaning

  1. The hard surface of a road, street, or parking lot.

    • The car slid on the wet pavement and hit the curb.

    • Why is the pavement so hot in the middle of the afternoon?

  2. Mostly British: a sidewalk.

    • On our trip to London, we walked along the crowded pavement near the station.

    • In Britain, do people ride bikes on the pavement?

Collocations

  • wet pavement
  • cracked pavement
  • hot pavement

Synonyms

  • asphalt
  • concrete
  • sidewalk

Idioms

  • pound the pavement

    to walk around a lot, especially while looking for a job

    After graduation, he spent weeks pounding the pavement looking for work.