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Definitions for Paving

[1] a pavement.
[2] material for paving.
[3] the laying of a pavement.
[4] to cover or lay (a road, walk, etc.) with concrete, stones, bricks, tiles, wood, or the like, so as to make a firm, level surface.
[5] Southern Louisiana . a paved road.
[6] a paved surface; pavement
[7] material used for a pavement, such as paving stones, bricks, or asphalt
[8] of or for a paved surface or pavement
[9] preparatory, facilitating, enabling paving legislation
[10] to cover (a road, path, etc) with a firm surface suitable for travel, as with paving stones or concrete
[11] to serve as the material for a pavement or other hard layer bricks paved the causeway
[12] (often foll by with) to cover with a hard layer (of) shelves paved with marble
[13] to prepare or make easier (esp in the phrase pave the way ) to pave the way for future development
[14] a paved surface, esp an uneven one
[15] a style of setting gems so closely that no metal shows

Words related to Paving

surface, tile, brick, gravel, tar, flagstone, cobblestone, macadamize

Words nearby Paving

pavilion, pavilion roof, pavillon, pavillon chinois, pavin, paving, paving stone, pavior, paviotso, paviour, pavis

Origin of Paving

e1275–1325; Middle English paven < Middle French paver < Vulgar Latin *pavare, for Latin pavīre to beat, ram, tread down

Word origin for Paving

eC14: from Old French paver, from Latin pavīre to ram down

Synonyms for Paving

brick, cobblestone, flagstone, gravel, macadamize, surface, tar, tile, lay asphalt, lay concrete