pavement

Meaning

Noun

• A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground.
• The paved part of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway.
• The paved part of an area other than a road or sidewalk, such as a cobblestone plaza, asphalt schoolyard or playground, or parking lot.
• A paved footpath, especially at the side of a road.
• The interior flooring of a church sanctuary, between the communion rail and the altar.

Related

Similar words

• sidewalk , footpath, footway, platform
• roadway , road surface ; paving

Origin

• From Anglo-Norman pavement, Middle French pavement, and their source, Latin pavīmentum ("paved surface or floor"), from paviō.
• Morphologically pave + -ment