gravel
IPA: grˈævʌɫ
noun
- (uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.
- A type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics.
- (uncountable, geology) A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- (uncountable, archaic) Kidney stones; a deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.
- A lameness in the foot of a horse, usually caused by an abscess.
- (rare) Inability to see at night; night blindness.
- (uncountable, cycling) gravel cycling, a discipline in cycling different from road cycling, mountain biking or cyclocross, for a large part on gravel roads, typically with a dedicated gravel bike
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.
- To puzzle or annoy.
- To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
- To check or stop; to confound; to perplex.
- To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
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Examples of "gravel" in Sentences
- They dredge the bay for gravel.
- The car was stuck in the gravel.
- The remainder of the highway was a gravel road.
- Gravel and rock bars cover the southern half of the lake.
- Sand and gravel are the most abundant deposits in the province.
- The sand and gravel aquifer is part of the buried Mahomet Bedrock Valley.
- Its favored habitat is silt, sand and gravel subject to regular inundation.
- The sticky eggs are deposited in the nest and adhere to the sand and gravel.
- Its favoured habitat is silt, sand and gravel subject to regular inundation.
- The potholes were carved by whirlpool action of sand and gravel in the stream.
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