From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Roads, Constructionpavementpave‧ment /ˈpeɪvmənt/●くろまる●くろまる○しろまる noun1[countable] British EnglishTTR a hard levelsurface or path at the side of a road for people to walk onSYN sidewalk American EnglishA small group of journalists waited on the pavement outside her house.a pavement café2[uncountable] American EnglishTTR the hard surface of a roadAs she fell off the bike, her head hit the pavement.3[countable, uncountable]TBCCS any paved surface or areaSYN paving4 →pound/hit the pavementExamples from the Corpuspavement• Other measures can include chicanes, pavementextensions and road narrowings.• He sat in the place that Maidstone had suggested, at a table at the end of the café's pavement area.• The saint's remains are buried beneath the pavement of a little chapel.• It washes over the lowroofs of the two-storey terraces and dries the dirt on the pavements.• We sat down on the pavementnear our bundles while my father went to look for the center.• What annoys me is that everyone parks on the pavement in front of our house.• The pavementsglistened beneath the yellowlamplight.• Despite these problems, two-thirds of the children consider the residentialstreet to be safer than the customary street with pavement.