• Bertuccio@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    In the US basically anything paved is pavement.

    Asphalt road: Pavement

    Concrete sidewalk: Pavement

    Giant parking lot: Pavement

    Gravel road: Believe it or not - paveme… well that one’s debatable.

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      2 hours ago

      I’d say gravel roads can be argued to be “paved” if it’s really fine gravel that has been properly packed down by repeated driving on it, to the point where it starts looking shiny and sort of like glazed clay