pavement Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the paved surface of a thoroughfare
    paving.
  2. noun material used to pave an area
    paving material; paving.
  3. noun walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway
    sidewalk.

WordNet

Pave"ment noun
Etymology
F., fr. LL. pavamentum, L. pavimentum. See Pave.
Definitions
  1. That with which anythingis paved; a floor or covering of solid material, laid so as to make a hard and convenient surface for travel; a paved road or sidewalk; a decorative interior floor of tiles or colored bricks.
    The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold. Milton.
Pave"ment transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To furnish with a pavement; to pave. Obs. "How richly pavemented!" Bp. Hall.

Webster 1913