Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - pavement
Pavement
pavement
n. 1 Brit. a paved path for pedestrians at the side of and a little higher than a road. 2 the covering of a street, floor, etc., made of tiles, wooden blocks, asphalt, and esp. of rectangular stones. 3 US a roadway. 4 Zool. a pavement-like formation of close-set teeth, scales, etc. Phrases and idioms pavement artist 1 Brit. an artist who draws on paving-stones with coloured chalks, hoping to be given money by passers-by. 2 US an artist who displays paintings for sale on a pavement. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L pavimentum f. pavire beat, ram
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin pavimentum, from pavire Date: 13th century a paved surface: as, the artificially covered surface of a public thoroughfare, sidewalk, the material with which something is paved, something that suggests a ~ (as in flatness, hardness, and extent of surface) ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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