HARD SURFACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hard surface mean? 

• HARD SURFACE (verb)
  The verb HARD SURFACE has 1 sense:

1. cover with asphalt or a similar surface

  Familiarity information: HARD SURFACE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARD SURFACE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover with asphalt or a similar surface

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

hard-surface roads

Hypernyms (to "hard surface" is one way to...):

pave (cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

No hard surface collided with the tender little nose he thrust out tentatively before him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Kneeling or leaning your elbows on a hard surface for a long time can make bursitis start.

(Bursitis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)