Topic: ROADS
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pave‧ment
1 [countable] British EnglishTTR a hard level surface or path at the side of a road for people to walk on [= sidewalk American English] A small group of journalists waited on the pavement outside her house. a pavement café
A small group of journalists waited on the pavement outside her house.a pavement café2 [uncountable] American EnglishTTR the hard surface of a road : As she fell off the bike, her head hit the pavement.
As she fell off the bike, her head hit the pavement.3 [uncountable and countable]TBC any paved surface or area [= paving]
4 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.
pound/hit the pavement
He spent the next six months pounding the pavement in search of a job.WORD FOCUS: road WORD FOCUS: road
a big road: main road, highway, motorway British English, freeway American English, expressway, turnpike American English, interstate American English, A-road British English
a road in a town: street, avenue, boulevard
a road in the countryside: country road, lane, track
a road you pay to use: toll road
parts of a road: fast lane, slow lane, hard shoulder British English/shoulder American English, central reservation British English/median strip American English, pavement British English/sidewalk American English
➔ See also road
WORD FOCUS: road a big road: main road, highway, motorway British English, freeway American English, expressway, turnpike American English, interstate American English, A-road British English
a road in a town: street, avenue, boulevard
a road in the countryside: country road, lane, track
a road you pay to use: toll road
parts of a road: fast lane, slow lane, hard shoulder British English/shoulder American English, central reservation British English/median strip American English, pavement British English/sidewalk American English
➔ See also road
