pave‧ment /ˈpeɪvmənt/ noun

1. [countable] British English a hard level surface or path at the side of a road for people to walk on Synonym : sidewalk American English:
A small group of journalists waited on the pavement outside her house.
a pavement café

2. [uncountable] American English the hard surface of a road:
As she fell off the bike, her head hit the pavement.

3. [uncountable and countable] any paved surface or area Synonym : paving

4. pound/hit the pavement to work very hard to get something, especially a job, by going to a lot of different places:
He spent the next six months pounding the pavement in search of a job.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

pavement
noun
ADJ. wide | narrow | hard She had sore feet from walking on hard pavements all day.
broken, uneven | crowded | empty
VERB + PAVEMENT step off, step onto | keep to | mount The car mounted the pavement and crashed into a lamp post.
PAVEMENT + NOUN cafe, table, terrace
PREP. along the ~, down the ~, on the ~ There was a car parked on the pavement and we couldn't get by.
up the ~
PHRASES the edge of the pavement

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

pavement
ˈpeɪvmənt
See: pound the pavement

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