paving

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pav=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

paving, n. 

•  The act or process of laying a pavement, or covering some place with a pavement.  [1913 Webster]
•  A pavement.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

paving

Base

N base, basement, plinth, dado, wainscot, baseboard, mopboard, bedrock, hardpan, foundation, substructure, substratum, ground, earth, pavement, floor, paving, flag, carped, ground floor, deck, footing, ground work, basis, hold, bilge, bottom, nadir, foot, sole, toe, hoof, keel, root, centerboard, bottom, undermost, nethermost, fundamental, founded on, based on, grounded on, built on.