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pavé — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cobblestone noun A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.
  • doorstop noun Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardware fixed to the floor, door or wall.
  • pave verb To cover a surface such as a road or path with a hard material like concrete, stone, or asphalt.
  • sett noun The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.
  • tome noun A large, heavy, or scholarly book, especially one volume in a series.

Senses

pavé is used for these senses in English:

  • cobblestone (countable) A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.
  • doorstop (jocular) A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.
  • pavé Any of various food items having a rectangular shape.
  • sett A small, square-cut piece of quarried stone used for paving and edging.
  • tome A large or scholarly book.

cobblestone — full definition

  1. noun A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.
  2. noun Cobblestones viewed as a building or paving material.

doorstop — full definition

  1. noun Any device or object used to halt the motion of a door, as a large or heavy object, a wedge, or some piece of hardware fixed to the floor, door or wall.
  2. noun A large book, which by implication could be used to stop a door.
  3. noun Eggcorn of doorstep.
  4. noun An interview with a politician or other public figure (apparently informal or spontaneous but often planned), as they enter or leave a building.

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