Gravel Definition

grăvəl
graveled, graveling, gravelled, gravelling, gravels
noun
gravels
A loose mixture of pebbles and rock fragments coarser than sand, often mixed with clay, etc.
Webster's New World
The sandlike granular material of urinary calculi.
American Heritage Medicine
A deposit of small concretions that form in the kidneys or gallbladder and that may be retained, passed on to the urinary bladder, or passed from the body.
Webster's New World

(uncountable, geology) A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

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Synonyms:
verb
graveled, graveling, gravelled, gravelling, gravels
To apply a surface of rock fragments or pebbles to.
American Heritage
To cover (a walk, driveway, etc.) with gravel.
Webster's New World
To embarrass or perplex.
Webster's New World
To irritate or annoy.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Gravel

  • Middle English from Old French gravele diminutive of grave pebbly shore of Celtic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English, from Old French gravele, diminutive of grave (“gravel", "seashore”).

    From Wiktionary

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