paving

noun

pav·​ing ˈpā-viŋ How to pronounce paving (audio)

Examples of paving in a Sentence

The driveway was covered with concrete paving. They had to break up the paving to lay a new gas line.
Recent Examples on the Web Every thunder snap and lightning strike is a paving. Hazlitt, 31 July 2024 Due to the location of the airbase, the road was a recipient of government funding for improvements that included road signs, widening in some areas and new paving. Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2024 Limestone paving is buoyed by a mélange of greenery, including star jasmine and crepe myrtle. Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 17 July 2024 The decades encompassing the new paradise Bronx fell approximately between the arrival of widespread paving, in the nineteen-tens and twenties, and the completion of the Cross Bronx Expressway, in 1963. Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for paving 

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of paving was in the 15th century

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“Paving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paving. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.

Kids Definition

paving

noun
pav·​ing
ˈpā-viŋ

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