CEFR A2
pavement
noun
Regional English: BrE pavement (United Kingdom) context: pedestrian path equivalent: sidewalk Pavement is the usual British word for the paved path beside a road.; AmE pavement (United States) context: road surface equivalent: road surface In American English, pavement usually means the hard road or ground surface, not the pedestrian path.
Meaning
A paved surface for walking on, typically beside a road.
Examples
- Please walk on the pavement and not in the street.
- The children rode their scooters on the pavement.