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- Dictionarygravel/ˈɡravl/
noun
- 1. a loose aggregation of small water-worn or pounded stones.
- 2. aggregations of crystals formed in the urinary tract.
verb
- 1. cover (an area of ground) with gravel: "they gravelled the road"
- 2. make (someone) angry or annoyed: informal US "the strike was badly organized and it gravelled him to involve himself in it"
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How to use gravel in a sentence. sand; loose rounded fragments of rock; a stratum or deposit of gravel; also : a surface covered with gravel… See the full definition
verge. See more results » (Definition of gravel from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) gravel | American Dictionary. noun [ U ] us / ˈɡræv·əl / Add to word list. very small, rounded stones, often mixed with sand: Gravel covers the driveway.
The technical definition of gravel varies by region and by area of application. Many geologists define gravel simply as loose rounded rock particles over 2 mm (0.079 in) in diameter, without specifying an upper size limit.
Gravel definition: small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.. See examples of GRAVEL used in a sentence.
GRAVEL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of gravel in English. gravel. noun [ U ] us / ˈɡræv. ə l / uk / ˈɡræv. ə l / Add to word list. small, rounded stones, often mixed with sand: a gravel path. Massimiliano Alessandro/EyeEm/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Road surfaces & features. asphalting.
gravel in British English. (ˈɡrævəl ) noun. 1. an unconsolidated mixture of rock fragments that is coarser than sand. 2. geology. a mixture of rock fragments with diameters in the range 4–76 mm. 3. pathology. small rough calculi in the kidneys or bladder.
noun. /ˈɡrævl/ [uncountable] small stones, often used to make the surface of paths and roads. a gravel path. A gravel drive led up to the house. a gravel pit (= a place where gravel is taken from the ground) Put a layer of fine gravel into the bottom of the plant pot for drainage. We parked on the gravel at the side of the road.
