pavement
/ˈpeɪvm(ə)nt/ noun B2- A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground.
- A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface.
- The paved part of an area other than a road or sidewalk, such as a cobblestone plaza, asphalt schoolyard or playground, or parking lot.
- Interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings.
- The interior flooring of a church sanctuary, between the communion rail and the altar.
Plural pavements
From the library
The carriage rolled with a thundering noise over the pavement, and everyone turned to notice the dazzling meteor.
They walked over a pavement of the same green marble, and where the blocks were joined together were rows of emeralds, set closely, and glittering in the brightness of the sun.
With an air of nonchalance which, under the circumstances, seemed to me to border upon affectation, he lounged up and down the pavement, and gazed vacantly at the ground, the sky, the opposite houses and the line of railings.
Finally he returned to the pawnbroker’s, and, having thumped vigorously upon the pavement with his stick two or three times, he went up to the door and knocked.
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