Definition of gravel
1 obsolete : sand
2a : loose rounded fragments of rockb : a stratum or deposit of gravel; also : a surface covered with gravel a gravel road
3 : small calculi in the kidneys and urinary bladder
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The medical examiner also noted that dirt and gravel were found on the baby’s body, and relayed this information to the coroner, the station reported.
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And, as Tulane geographer Richard Campanella pointed out in a 2014 column for The Times-Picayune, there are countless towering piles of industrial spoil -- sand, gravel and the like -- all over the area.
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Aside from Deputy Paul Holden Lafleur, who allegedly shot 27-year-old Guillory, Brown is the only witness to the death, which happened around 4:10 a.m. on a gravel road just outside of Mamou.
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At issue in the church’s lawsuit against the state of Missouri was the safety of its playground, which is covered with pea gravel that can cause children to slip and scrape their knees.
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Hess and two other members of the football team were on the way to North Putnam High School on Wednesday afternoon when Hess, who was driving the vehicle, lost control on a gravel road, according to the Indiana State Police.
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Patio has a gravel base and long benches are the only seating option.
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The gravel road opened to supply trucks and other vehicles in November 1942.
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Forested walls extend up both sides of the winding gravel driveway on Fred and Iva Dehn’s property west of Excelsior Springs.
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Origin and Etymology of gravel
Middle English, from Anglo-French gravele, diminutive of grave, greve river bank, stony ground
Other Geology Terms
anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale
Examples of gravel in a Sentence
managed to gravel his opponent in the debate by focusing on atypical examples
First Known Use of gravel
1543
Examples of gravel in a Sentence
after his bout with laryngitis, he had a terribly gravel voice
First Known Use of gravel
1939
GRAVEL Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of gravel for Students
: small pieces of rock and pebbles larger than grains of sand
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