pavement

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. paving; road, street, sidewalk; macadam, asphalt, cement, tar, concrete, tile, bricks, stone, flagging, cobbles, pave-stone, paving blocks, flagstone. See covering.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A hard surface for traffic]

Syn. hard surface, paving, paving stone, paving tile, flagging, pave; see also asphalt .

Road surfaces include: concrete, asphalt, Bitulithic (trademark), stone, brick, tile, macadam, gravel, cobblestone, wood blocks, flagstone.

2. [A paved road or area]

Syn. highway, thoroughfare, street; see road 1 , sidewalk .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

blacktop, asphalt, concrete, surface, road, tar, cobble, paving stones, macadam.