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pav·ing

(pā′vĭng)

1. The act or technique of laying pavement.

2. A pavement.

3. Material used for pavement.

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paving

(ˈpeɪvɪŋ)

1. (Civil Engineering) a paved surface; pavement

2. (Civil Engineering) material used for a pavement, such as paving stones, bricks, or asphalt

adj

3. (Civil Engineering) of or for a paved surface or pavement

4. preparatory, facilitating, enabling: paving legislation.

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pav•ing

(ˈpeɪ vɪŋ)

n.

1. a pavement.

2. material for paving.

3. the laying of a pavement.

[1400–50]

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Noun	1.	paving - material used to pave an area paving material, pavement artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole asphalt - mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing concrete - a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water blacktop, blacktopping - a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock macadam - broken stone used in macadamized roadways tarmac, tarmacadam - a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving
	2.	paving - the paved surface of a thoroughfare pavement curbside - the side of a sidewalk that is bordered by a curb; "policemen stood at intervals along the curbside" paved surface - a level horizontal surface covered with paving material paving stone - a stone used for paving road, route - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation sidewalk, pavement - walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway street - a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"
	3.	paving - the act of applying paving materials to an area pavage application, coating, covering - the work of applying something; "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applications"; "the surface was ready for a coating of paint";

Translations

Pflaster

pavement

pavimentazione selciato

paving

[ˈpeɪvɪŋ]

A. N [of concrete] → pavimento m; [of flagstones] → enlosado m; [of stones] → adoquinado m, empedrado m; [of brick] → enladrillado m

B. CPD paving stone N → adoquín m, baldosa f (LAm); (= flagstone) → losa f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

paving

[ˈpeɪvɪŋ] n → pavage m, dallage mpaving slab n → pavé mpaving stone n → pavé m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

paving

n → Belag m; (US: of road) → Decke f; (= material) → Belag m; (= action) → Pflastern nt; paving stone → (Stein)platte f, → Pflasterstein m; paving tile → Fliese f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

paving

[ˈpeɪvɪŋ] n → pavimentazione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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