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gravel — ► NOUN ▪ a loose mixture of small stones and coarse sand, used for paths and roads. ► VERB (gravelled, gravelling; US graveled, graveling) ▪ cover with gravel. ORIGIN Old French, from grave shore … English terms dictionary
gravel — noun (U) small stones, used to make a surface for paths, roads etc: a gravel path | a gravel pit (=a place where gravel is dug out of the ground) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Gravel Gertie — noun A chamber, with a roof covered by a deep pile of gravel, within which nuclear warheads may be maintained; in the event of a (non nuclear) explosion, the roof is weakened and the gravel falls and prevents the escape of nuclear material … Wiktionary
gravel — noun Gravel is used before these nouns: ↑drive, ↑driveway, ↑path, ↑pit, ↑road … Collocations dictionary
gravel — noun 1》 a loose mixture of small stones, often used for paths and roads. 2》 Medicine aggregations of crystals formed in the urinary tract. verb (gravels, gravelling, gravelled; US gravels, graveling, graveled) 1》 cover with gravel. 2》 US informal … English new terms dictionary
gravel pit — noun a quarry for gravel • Hypernyms: ↑pit, ↑quarry, ↑stone pit … Useful english dictionary
gravel culture — noun : the growing of plants in an artificial medium using fine gravel to support the roots and supplying mineral nutrients in an aqueous solution … Useful english dictionary
gravel roofing — noun : built up roofing covered with gravel embedded in a bituminous surface … Useful english dictionary
gravel stop — noun : a metal flashing shape attached to roof structure to protect the roof edge against water penetration and to contain a built up roof and prevent its gravel surface from falling over the roof edge … Useful english dictionary
gravel-bind — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : field bindweed … Useful english dictionary
gravel chickweed — noun : knawel … Useful english dictionary