Definition of gravel

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Gravel (n.) Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand..

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Grit :: Grit (n.) Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles..
Gravelling :: Gravelling (n.) A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea..
Gravelled :: Gravelled () of Grave.
Blinding :: Blinding (n.) A thin coating of sand and fine gravel over a newly paved road. See Blind, v. t., 4..
Chessil :: Chessil (n.) Gravel or pebbles.
Pothole :: Pothole (n.) A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock.
Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid..
Gravel :: Gravel (v. t.) To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk..
Gravelling :: Gravelling () of Grave.
Gravelly :: Gravelly (a.) Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as, a gravelly soil..
Riddle :: Riddle (v. t.) To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel..
Graveling :: Graveling (n.) Alt. of Gravellin.
Eschar :: Eschar (n.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams..
Deeply :: Deeply (adv.) Gravely; with low or deep tone; as, a deeply toned instrument..
Asphaltum :: Asphaltum (n.) A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc..
Gravel :: Gravel (v. t.) To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
Gromwell :: Gromwell (n.) A plant of the genus Lithospermum (L. arvense), anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of gravel. The German gromwell is the Stellera..
Graveling :: Graveling (n.) Alt. of Gravellin.
Riddle :: Riddle (n.) A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand..
Hopperings :: Hopperings (n.) Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle.
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