pave ‧ ment /ˈpeɪvmənt/ BrE AmE noun
1 . [countable] British English a hard level surface or path at the side of a road for people to walk on SYN sidewalk American English :
A small group of journalists waited on the pavement outside her house.
a pavement café
2 . [uncountable] American English the hard surface of a road:
As she fell off the bike, her head hit the pavement.
3 . [uncountable and countable] any paved surface or area SYN paving
4 . pound/hit the pavement to work very hard to get something, especially a job, by going to a lot of different places:
He spent the next six months pounding the pavement in search of a job.