paving

noun

pav·​ing ˈpā-viŋ How to pronounce paving (audio)

Examples of paving in a Sentence

The driveway was covered with concrete paving. They had to break up the paving to lay a new gas line.
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Night paving work will tie up traffic on Franklin Boulevard in Sacramento’s North City Farms neighborhood beginning Sunday evening, city officials said. Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 7 Dec. 2025 Brezina said all the brick paving is almost done, driveways are complete. Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025 Judy Garland hawking paving stones. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025 In 2022, Essex County announced plans to test asphalt combined with graphene to form a paving material called Gipave. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for paving

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of paving was in the 15th century

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“Paving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paving. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.

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paving

noun
pav·​ing
ˈpā-viŋ

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