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PAVING MATERIAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Material used to pave an area
Synonyms:
pavement; paving; paving material
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("paving material" is a kind of...):
artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paving material"):
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)
