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| blacktop |
a bituminous substance such as asphalt, used as pavement. [1/3 definitions] |
| chalk |
a substance derived from natural chalk that is pressed into a stick-like form and used for writing on a blackboard or drawing on pavement. [1/6 definitions] |
| clop |
a sharp, hollow striking sound, as of a horse's hoof on pavement. [1/2 definitions] |
| esplanade |
a level, open expanse of pavement or grass, esp. one intended for walking or riding along a shore. |
| hopscotch |
a children's game in which players toss a small stone or other object onto a pattern of numbered squares drawn on the ground or pavement, and then hop or jump from one square to another, picking up the stone in the process. |
| mirage |
an optical effect, often occurring in the desert or on hot pavement, in which light distorted by air masses of different temperatures creates the illusion of water and sometimes inverts distant objects. [1/2 definitions] |
| paving |
pavement. [2 definitions] |
| roadbed |
the foundation and pavement of a road. [1/2 definitions] |
| screed |
a strip of wood, metal, or the like used as a guide to the thickness of plaster or cement to be applied to a wall or pavement. [1/2 definitions] |
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