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• Gravel — Grav el, n. [OF. gravele, akin to F. gr?ve a sandy shore, strand; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. grouan gravel, W. gro coarse gravel, pebbles, and Skr. gr[=a]van stone.] 1. Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Gravel powder — Gravel Grav el, n. [OF. gravele, akin to F. gr?ve a sandy shore, strand; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. grouan gravel, W. gro coarse gravel, pebbles, and Skr. gr[=a]van stone.] 1. Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• gravel — [13] Gravel is of Celtic origin. It has been traced to a prehistoric Celtic *gravo ‘gravel’, never actually recorded but deduced from Breton grouan and Cornish grow ‘soft granite’. French borrowed it as grave ‘gravel, pebbles’ (perhaps the source …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• gravel — [13] Gravel is of Celtic origin. It has been traced to a prehistoric Celtic *gravo ‘gravel’, never actually recorded but deduced from Breton grouan and Cornish grow ‘soft granite’. French borrowed it as grave ‘gravel, pebbles’ (perhaps the source …   Word origins

• gravel — [grav′əl] n. [ME < OFr gravelle, dim. of grave, coarse sand, seashore < or akin to Gaul * grava, stone < IE base * ghreu , to rub hard, pulverize > GRIT] 1. a loose mixture of pebbles and rock fragments coarser than sand, often mixed… …   English World dictionary

• gravel — pebbles and small stones 3 76 m in diameter or 2 64 mm (sources differ). Pea gravel is 3 30 mm. Sometimes used in a broad sense for objects 2 256 mm or in a restricted sense for those 2 4 mm in diameter …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• gravel — gravelish, adj. /grav euhl/, n., v., graveled, graveling or (esp. Brit.) gravelled, gravelling, adj. n. 1. small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand. 2. Pathol. a. multiple small calculi formed in the kidneys. b. the disease… …   Universalium

• Gravel road — A gravel road, as often found in rural areas and lesser developed nations. A …   Wikipedia

• gravel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stones, pebbles, calculi; rubble, scree; alluvium, detritus, attritus, ballast, shingle, beach. See land. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pebbles, rocks, shale, pea gravel, marl, macadam, screenings, crushed… …   English dictionary for students

• gravel — grav·el || grævl n. small stones and pebbles (sometimes mixed with sand) v. cover with gravel; embarrass, perplex …   English contemporary dictionary

• gravel — I. n. Sand, grit, small pebbles. II. v. a. 1. Cover with gravel. 2. Puzzle, embarrass, perplex, bewilder, stagger, pose, nonplus, put out …   New dictionary of synonyms