pavement (noun)
1pavement — noun (BrE) ⇨ See also ↑sidewalk ADJECTIVE ▪ wide ▪ narrow ▪ hard ▪ She had sore feet from walking on hard pavements all day. ▪ broken …
2pavement — ► NOUN 1) Brit. a raised paved or asphalted path for pedestrians at the side of a road. 2) N. Amer. the hard surface of a road or street. 3) Geology a horizontal expanse of bare rock with cracks or joints. ORIGIN Latin pavimentum trodden down… …
3pavement artist — noun someone who draws on the pavement with colored chalks (hoping that passers by will give them money) • Hypernyms: ↑draftsman, ↑drawer * * * noun : sidewalk artist * * * Chiefly Brit. See sidewalk artist. [1895 1900] * * * …
4pavement café — UK US noun [countable] [singular pavement café plural pavement cafés] a restaurant with tables and chairs outside on the pavement or on a street where vehicles do not normally go Thesaurus: restaurants and cafes …
5pavement light — noun : a window in a pavement for admitting light into a cellar or storage space beneath * * * pavement light noun A window of glass blocks in the pavement to light a cellar • • • Main Entry: ↑pave …
6pavement — noun a) A paved footpath at the side of a road. Gutter condition Fourteenth Avenue, No. 715 667 intersection Lincoln is such that with an ordinary pen knife it is possible to pick up pavement and crumble in the hand. b) Paved exterior surface, as …
7pavement epithelium — noun : an epithelium made up of a single layer of flat cells * * * pavement epithelium noun Epithelium in the form of a layer of flat cells • • • Main Entry: ↑pave …
8pavement — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin pavimentum, from pavire Date: 13th century 1. a paved surface: as a. the artificially covered surface of a public thoroughfare b. chiefly British sidewalk 2. the material with which… …
9pavement — noun 1》 Brit. a raised paved or asphalted path for pedestrians at the side of a road. 2》 N. Amer. the hard surface of a road or street. 3》 Geology a horizontal expanse of bare rock with cracks or joints: a limestone pavement. Origin ME: from OFr …
10pavement artist — noun (C) BrE someone who draws coloured pictures on a pavement, hoping that people passing will give them money; sidewalk artist AmE …