Noun

(label) A powdered substance that develops strong adhesive properties when mixed with water.

* , chapter=22

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.}}

(uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water.

(label) Any material with strong adhesive properties.

(label) Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.

(label) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.

Noun

(en-noun)

Any paved floor.

* Milton

The riches of heaven's pavement , trodden gold.

(chiefly, British) A paved footpath, especially at the side of a road.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=14 citation , passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.}}

(US, uncountable) Paved exterior surface, as with a road or sidewalk.

The interior flooring, especially when of stone, of large buildings such as a cathedral.