Meaning & use
paved road
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UK/ˌpeɪvd ˈrəʊd/
US/ˌpeɪvd ˈroʊd/
Meaning
nouncountable
A road whose surface is covered with a hard material such as asphalt or concrete, making it smooth and durable.
Grammar: Countable: a paved road, many paved roads.
Patterns
- a paved road to somewhere
The village finally got a paved road last year.
The truck left the gravel track and joined the paved road.
After the rain, only the paved road stayed free of mud.
Word forms
| plural | paved roads |
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Common combinations
- build a paved road
- The council plans to build a paved road to the farm.
- drive on a paved road
- The bus only drives on a paved road.
- miles of paved road
- There are twenty miles of paved road before the park gate.
- smooth paved road
- We enjoyed the smooth paved road after the rough trail.
- paved road ends
- The paved road ends at the river.
Synonyms and how they differ
- asphalt road
- It names the material, but a paved road may be concrete as well.
- highway
- A highway is a main public road, not necessarily paved, though most are.
- surfaced road
- This British phrase means the same but is rarer than paved road.
Opposites
dirt roadgravel road
Word family
Commonly confused: paved road or pavement?
paved road vs pavement
In British English pavement is the footpath beside a road; in American English it means the road surface.
Practice
The track became muddy, so we returned to the ___ road.
Choose one answer.
A paved road has a hard surface that stays clear of mud. The other options describe muddy roads.
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