hard-surface

[ hahrd-sur-fis ]

verb (used with object),hard-sur·faced, hard-sur·fac·ing.
  1. to make the surface of (something) hard or firm, as by compacting or paving it: to hard-surface a parking area.

Origin of hard-surface

1
An Americanism dating back to 1925–30

Words Nearby hard-surface

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How to use hard-surface in a sentence

  • He felt himself lying on a smooth hard surface, and heard the humming stop and be succeeded by a complete silence.

  • For an instant faint twitches broke her face's hard surface, but it tightened again.

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