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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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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.
Gravel ( / ˈɡrævəl /) 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.
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… See the full definition
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.
(Definition of gravel from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) gravel | Intermediate English. noun [ U ] us / ˈɡræv·əl / Add to word list. very small, rounded stones, often mixed with sand: Gravel covers the driveway.
gravel in British English. (ˈɡrævəl ) noun. 1. an unconsolidated mixture of rock fragments that is coarser than sand. 2. geology. a mixture of rock fragments with diameters in the range 4–76 mm. 3. pathology. small rough calculi in the kidneys or bladder.
Gravel is very small, irregular pieces of rock and stone. Your gravel driveway might crunch under your boots as you walk to the mailbox. Roads, paths, walkways, and yards are all sometimes paved with gravel, which is a relatively inexpensive material to use for marking areas and preventing the growth of weeds and other plants.
