pavement
What streets wear
Pavement is a hard surface covering ground, typically made of asphalt or concrete.
In American English, pavement usually means a road or parking surface: The tires squealed against the pavement.
In British English, pavement means sidewalk—the paved path for pedestrians alongside a road.
To pound the pavement is to walk streets looking for work or business.
Petroleum-based paving material
- concreteSolid building mixture
- tarmacPaved airport surface
- bitumenViscous hydrocarbon mixture
- macadamCrushed stone paving
blacktop · cement · aggregate · slab · cobblestone · flagstone · brickwork · gravel
Major road for travel
- streetPublic urban roadway
- thoroughfareMain public road
- carriagewayVehicle portion of road
- motorwayHigh-speed divided highway
expressway · interstate · freeway · boulevard · avenue · lane · turnpike · route
asphalt
Petroleum-based paving material
macadam · blacktop · cement · aggregate · slab · cobblestone · flagstone · brickwork · gravel · sealcoat
highway
Major road for travel
- streetPublic urban roadway
- thoroughfareMain public road
- carriagewayVehicle portion of road
motorway · expressway · interstate · freeway · boulevard · avenue · lane · turnpike · route · artery
pedestrian
One traveling afoot
crosswalk · streetlight · lamppost · ramp · accessibility · stroll · promenade · esplanade · boardwalk · footway
flat
Lacking vertical variation
cracked · wet · slippery · hot · cold · uneven · level · solid · durable · weathered
- ground surfacesdirt, grass, gravel, sand, soil
- paved surfacesasphalt, concrete, tarmac, blacktop, sidewalk
- pedestrian spacespedestrian zone, pedestrian mall, sidewalk, footpath, pedestrian plaza
- public worksstreets, sidewalks, sewers, traffic lights, stop sign
- road triproad trip, car rental, highway, interstate, freeway
- street scenesidewalk, crosswalk, curb, street sign, streetlight
pavementwilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
off-road · forest floor · nature · countryside · backcountry
- hit the pavementActively seek employment outdoors
- pound the pavementActively seek employment on foot
- wet pavement
- pounding the pavementSearching for employment actively
- pounded the pavementSearched persistently on foot
- hitting the pavementSearching for work actively