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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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The meaning of GRAVEL is sand. 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…
Gravel (/ ˈ ɡ r æ v əl /) is a loose aggregation of rock fragments. Gravel occurs naturally on Earth as a result of sedimentary and erosive geological processes; it is also produced in large quantities commercially as crushed stone. Gravel is classified by particle size range and includes size classes from granule- to boulder-sized fragments
noun [ U ] us / ˈɡræv·əl / Add to word list. very small, rounded stones, often mixed with sand: Gravel covers the driveway. (Definition of gravel from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of gravel.
noun. an unconsolidated mixture of rock fragments that is coarser than sand. geology a mixture of rock fragments with diameters in the range 4–76 mm. pathol small rough calculi in the kidneys or bladder.
noun [ U ] us / ˈɡræv·əl / Add to word list. very small, rounded stones, often mixed with sand: Gravel covers the driveway. (Definition of gravel from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of gravel.
noun. 1. a loose mixture of pebbles and rock fragments coarser than sand, often mixed with clay, etc. 2. 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.
gravel. ( ˈɡrævəl) n. 1. (Geological Science) an unconsolidated mixture of rock fragments that is coarser than sand. 2. (Geological Science) geology a mixture of rock fragments with diameters in the range 4–76 mm. 3. (Pathology) pathol small rough calculi in the kidneys or bladder.
