gravelly
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| —adj | |
| 1. | consisting of or abounding in gravel |
| 2. | of or like gravel |
| 3. | (esp of a voice) harsh and grating |
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Gravelly
is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example sentences
The plant is found in shallow water in clear, cold lakes and slow streams, often on sandy or gravelly sediments.
Her voice reminds the swimmer of river rock: gravelly, smooth.
Many soils have rock fragment contents ranging from non-gravelly to gravelly.
In each patient, gravelly measure of his speech there is the sound of great distances.
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