: something that suggests a pavement (as in flatness, hardness, and extent of surface)
Examples of pavement in a Sentence
He stopped the car just off the pavement.
The summer heat rose off the pavement.
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Four birds lay on the pavement, almost in a row, and Dr. Willard knelt to pick each one up.—Vincent Alban, New York Times, 21 May 2025 Floyd was killed on May 25, 2020, when former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pinned him to the pavement with his knee for more than nine minutes—a moment that ignited a global movement.—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025 The video shows that as the ladder retracts, the first responder maintains his balance and grip on the ladder as Hussain falls, flips in the air and plummets to the pavement.—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025 The other four officers then opened fire, shooting dozens of rounds at Reed, who exited the vehicle before falling to the pavement.—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pavement
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin pavimentum, from pavire
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