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 ofgemstones such that no metal is visible, especially when the stones are set very close together. - noun Any of various
food items having arectangular 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.]
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From Middle French pavé ("pavement").
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