Paving - English meaning

noun

A mixture of dark bituminous pitch with sand or gravel, used for surfacing roads, flooring, roofing, etc.

Usage examples:

Teal and green floor tiles in the kids' bathroom are made of waste products derived from gravel, as…

verb

Surface with asphalt.

Usage examples:

A majority of villagers overruled the sane voice of a few to stop asphalting the surface that would…

noun

A black substance mixed with small stones, sand, etc., that forms a hard surface when it dries and is commonly used as a surface for roads

verb

Put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it.

Usage examples:

The table had been covered with a checked tablecloth

noun

A thing which lies on, over, or around something, especially in order to protect or conceal it.

Usage examples:

A seat cover

verb

To put or spread something over something, or to lie on the surface of something

Usage examples:

Once the rice comes to a boil, turn down the flame and cover the pot., she covered the child with a…

verb

Bring (a task or activity) to an end; complete.

Usage examples:

They were straining to finish the job

noun

An end or final part or stage of something.

Usage examples:

A bowl of raspberries was the perfect finish to the meal

verb

To come to an end

Usage examples:

[ i ] the meeting should finish at four o’clock., [ t ] if you’ll let me finish my sentence, i’ll e…

noun

A piece of cloth or similar material, typically oblong or square, attachable by one edge to a pole or rope and used as the symbol or emblem of a country or institution or as a decoration during public festivities.

Usage examples:

The american flag

verb

Mark (an item) for attention or treatment in a specified way.

Usage examples:

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noun

A flat stone slab, typically rectangular or square, used for paving.

Usage examples:

Stone flags are £32 per square yard and slates go for £2 each.

noun

The lower surface of a room, on which one may walk.

Usage examples:

A wooden floor

verb

Provide (a room or area) with a floor.

Usage examples:

A room floored in yellow wood

noun

The flat surface that you walk on when you are inside a building

Usage examples:

A tile floor, hardwood floors, the children sat on the floor., they rented office space on the seco…

noun

The outside part or uppermost layer of something.

Usage examples:

The earth's surface

adjective

Relating to or found on the surface of something.

Usage examples:

Surface layers

verb

Rise or come up to the surface of the water or the ground.

Usage examples:

He surfaced from his dive

noun

A dark, thick flammable liquid distilled from wood or coal, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons, resins, alcohols, and other compounds. it is used in road-making and for coating and preserving timber.

Usage examples:

Depending on the type and location of the flashings, roofing tar or silicone or butyl rubber sealan…

verb

Cover (something) with tar.

Usage examples:

Now that it is being tarred, the road will facilitate safer transport

noun

A sailor.

Usage examples:

Earlier though, someone shouts the word ‘avast!’ at a bunch of mutinous tars and everyone just gigg…

noun

Material used for surfacing roads or other outdoor areas, consisting of broken stone mixed with tar.

Usage examples:

The tarmac path

verb

Surface (a road or other outdoor area) with tarmac or a similar material.

Usage examples:

They'll be wanting to tarmac the path

noun

An area of ground covered with a hard surface, esp. the areas of an airport where aircraft park, land, and take off

Usage examples:

The plane was damaged on landing when it slid off the tarmac.

noun

A thin rectangular slab of baked clay or other material, used in overlapping rows for covering roofs.

Usage examples:

Trees shook violently and tiles were dislodged from rooftops

verb

Cover with tiles.

Usage examples:

The lobby was tiled in blue

noun

A flat, thin, usually square piece of baked clay, plastic, or other material used for covering floors, walls, or roofs

Usage examples:

A tile floor, ceiling tiles, we’re going to tile the bathroom ourselves.

noun

The highest or uppermost point, part, or surface of something.

Usage examples:

Doreen stood at the top of the stairs

adjective

Highest in position, rank, or degree.

Usage examples:

The top button of his shirt

verb

Exceed (an amount, level, or number); be more than.

Usage examples:

Losses are expected to top £100 m this year