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gravel
[ grav-uhl ]
noun
- small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.
- Pathology.
- multiple small calculi formed in the kidneys.
- the disease characterized by such concretions.
verb (used with object)
- to cover with gravel.
- to bring to a standstill from perplexity; puzzle.
- Informal. to be a cause of irritation to.
- Obsolete. to run (a ship) aground, as on a beach.
adjective
- harsh and grating:
a gravel voice.
gravel
/ ˈɡæə /
noun
- an unconsolidated mixture of rock fragments that is coarser than sand
- geology a mixture of rock fragments with diameters in the range 4–76 mm
- pathol small rough calculi in the kidneys or bladder
verb
- to cover with gravel
- to confound or confuse
- informal.to annoy or disturb
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ı· adjective
- ܲ·ı adjective
- ܲ·ı adjective
- ɱ-ı adjective
- ɱ-ı adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of gravel1
Example Sentences
It’s grainy on the tongue, like crushed gravel.
Strolling in bright sunshine across the immaculately raked gravel of Paris's Tuileries gardens, Barbara and Rick Wilson from Dallas, Oregon, were not exactly in disguise.
A viewer, and not just the gravel beneath the steel plate, is in the dark.
The car bounced over the kerb at the second apex of the chicane, which flicked the car into an oversteer and Norris slid into the gravel.
Other heavy construction equipment including excavators and sluice and slurry pumps were brought in, as well as technical experts and "several hundred tons of gravel and earth", the US Army said.
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