PAVING MATERIAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Material used to pave an area

Synonyms:

pavement; paving; paving material

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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)