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PAVING STONE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stone used for paving

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("paving stone" is a kind of...):

stone (building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paving stone"):

cobble; cobblestone; sett (rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads)

curbstone; kerbstone (a paving stone forming part of a curb)

flag; flagstone (stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones)

Holonyms ("paving stone" is a substance of...):

pavement; paving (the paved surface of a thoroughfare)

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