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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
/ ˈɡrævəl /
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
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Derived Forms
- ˈgravelish, adjective
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Other Words From
- gravel·ish adjective
- un·graveled adjective
- un·gravelled adjective
- well-graveled adjective
- well-gravelled adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gravel1
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Example Sentences
They dress in clothing from the flophouse lost-and-found and are groomed with a hacksaw and gravel rake.
A much larger gravel lot across the street also exhibits multiple sites of seepage, as if pixelating from below with black matter.
Down a one-lane gravel road sits the house Burton left seven years ago.
The truck pulls the guitar over railroad tracks, through rocks and gravel, whatever, and the guitar is still speaking.
The majority of the slabs that constituted the wall were demolished and used for highway gravel.
Suddenly his quick eye lit on something in the gravel path and his heart gave a great leap.
Some chickens were clucking outside the windows, scratching for bits of gravel in the grass.
The train stopped, and he stood on the grey gravel platform like a man in a dream.
Thence were taken fifteen baskets of gravel and dirt, which has the color of coal, in order to assay it.
As soon as he had reached the south gate he had ascertained this by a glance at the gravel shoulder of the road.
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