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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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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. 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 (/ 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
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.
Gravel is very small, irregular pieces of rock and stone. Your gravel driveway might crunch under your boots as you walk to the mailbox.
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