Paver

Description

Any thin block of stone, brick, concrete, or asphalt used for pavement. Pavers made from brick are hard fired to increase their strength and water resistance.

Synonyms and Related Terms

paving brick; pavers (pl.); pavier; pavior; paviour

Sources Checked for Data in Record

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 118

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000