paving

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈpeɪvɪŋ/ UK /ˈpeɪvɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the hard surface material of a road, path, or area

The old stone paving was slick after the rain.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the hard surface material... pavement surfacing flaggingcobblesmacadam

Word family

Related forms pave pavement paver paved

Etymology

From the verb pave, from Old French paver ('to pave'), from Latin pavire ('to beat, ram, tread down').

paver Old French pavire Latin *pau- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# paving

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpeɪvɪŋ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpeɪvɪŋ/

## Meanings
1. the hard surface material of a road, path, or area

## Examples
- The old stone paving was slick after the rain.

## Synonyms
- pavement
- surfacing
- flagging
- cobbles
- macadam

## Related Forms
- pave
- pavement
- paver
- paved

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: paver
- Root: pavire
- Root: *pau-

## Etymology
From the verb pave, from Old French paver ('to pave'), from Latin pavire ('to beat, ram, tread down').

## AI Etymology
Paving is from the verb pave, from Old French paver ('to pave'), from Latin pavire ('to beat, ram, tread down'). Important recorded forms include paver (Old French), pavire (Latin), and *pau- (Proto-Indo-European). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers the hard surface material of a road, path, or area. The wider family includes related words such as pave, pavement, paver, and paved.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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