Definition of paving
: pavement
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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.
Recent Examples of paving from the Web
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Town Council members on July 9 approved conducting a public hearing at 7 p.m. July 23 regarding the $50,000 appropriation from the fund expected to be needed pay for replacement paving.
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July 19 and 20 are tentative paving dates and will be done overnight.
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Basic services -- road paving, trash pickup and policing -- have been the cornerstone of Mayor John Cranley's two mayoral campaigns.
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Caltrans said work is planned to replace concrete paving and to do other improvements from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sundays through Thursdays throughout the summer.
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City officials said the work will require intermittent closures of the cross streets lasting up to four hours to allow the paving vehicles and equipment to pass.
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Wedge and leveling must be done on both projects before surface paving can begin.
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The reclamation portion will be done during the day and paving will be done at night.
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Similar to the Boulevard paving — a dedicated bike lane will be set up southbound with prohibited on-street parking.
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First Known Use of paving
15th century
PAVING Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of paving for English Language Learners
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: material (such as stone, tar, or concrete) that is used to form the hard surface of a road, driveway, etc.
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: the hard surface of a road, driveway, etc.
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