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paving
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun paving has 3 senses
- paving(n = noun.substance) pavement, paving material - material used to pave an area; Array is a kind of artefact, artifact
- paving(n = noun.artifact) pavement - the paved surface of a thoroughfare; Array has particulars: curbside
- paving(n = noun.act) pavage - the act of applying paving materials to an area; Array is a kind of application, coating, covering
has particulars: asphalt, concrete, blacktop, blacktopping, macadam, tarmac, tarmacadam
Derived form verb pave1
is a kind of paved surface
Derived form verb pave1
Derived form verb pave1
CIDE DICTIONARY
paving, n.
- The act or process of laying a pavement, or covering some place with a pavement. [1913 Webster]
- A pavement. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
paving
Base
N base, basement, plinth, dado, wainscot, baseboard, mopboard, bedrock, hardpan, foundation, substructure, substratum, ground, earth, pavement, floor, paving, flag, carped, ground floor, deck, footing, ground work, basis, hold, bilge, bottom, nadir, foot, sole, toe, hoof, keel, root, centerboard, bottom, undermost, nethermost, fundamental, founded on, based on, grounded on, built on.
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