Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A setting of precious stones placed together so closely that no metal shows.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A pavement; a paved road or street; the street.
  • noun In jewelers' work, a setting in which the jewels are placed close together like a pavement, showing none of the gold.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The pavement.
  • noun [A low euphemism.] a prostitute who solicits in the street; a streetwalker.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A paved surface, a pavement (now only in French contexts).
  • noun A setting of gemstones such that no metal is visible, especially when the stones are set very close together.
  • noun Any of various food items having a rectangular shape.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from past participle of paver, to pave, from Old French; see pave.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Middle French pavé ("pavement").

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