pavement — ozdic

Collocations

13

1

(noun.)

ADJ

wide | narrow

hard

The children played hopscotch on the hard pavement outside their apartment building.

broken, uneven | crowded | empty

VERB + PAVEMENT

step off, step onto | keep to

mount

The bicycle rider lost control and mounted the pavement near the shopping center.

PAVEMENT + NOUN

cafe, table, terrace

PREP

along the ~, down the ~, on the ~

We walked along the pavement toward the shopping center after school.

up the ~

PHRASES

the edge of the pavement

Definitions

noun

1

A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground.

The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold.

2

A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road.

It was a cold and rainy afternoon as Ethel Churchill sat at the window of their new abode, a house in one of the streets leading from the Strand to the river. It was the day after their arrival, and nothing could well be more gloomy than the view: the pavement was wet, and a yellow mist obscured every object,...

Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.

3

A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface.

[H]e attempted to recover his importance, by haranguing upon the Roman highways, when Mr. Jolter desired the company to take notice of the fine pavement upon which they travelled from Paris into Flanders […].

The antirunway munitions are specifically designed to cause maximum destruction to airfield pavements.

4

The paved part of an area other than a road or sidewalk, such as a cobblestone plaza, asphalt schoolyard or playground, or parking lot.

5

Interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings.

...that took them to a brief rise of marble stairs that should've put them on the third-and-a-halfth floor if it'd been anywhere but Hogwarts, and then it was back to tiled stone pavement again, and...

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the paved surface of a thoroughfare

paving

noun — walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians

sidewalk

noun — material used to pave an area

paving

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

pound the pavement

To travel on foot; to walk or run.

The joggers pounded the pavement for several miles each day.

hit the pavement

To travel on foot, as on a sidewalk.

But getting people to hit the pavement is more than just a health concern. . . . [M]unicipalities are looking to combat inner-city decay by keeping the streets flush with pedestria

Example Bank

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01

The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold.

Wiktionary

02

It was a cold and rainy afternoon as Ethel Churchill sat at the window of their new abode, a house in one of the streets leading from the Strand to the river. It was the day after their arrival, and n

Wiktionary

03

Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a le

Wiktionary

04

Jeff had to pound the pavement for three months before he found a job.

Tatoeba · #53687

05

A strange man was walking back and forth on the pavement.

Tatoeba · #239345

06

They cleared the pavement of snow.

Tatoeba · #307522

Usage Notes

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