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Definition gravel

Etymology

From Middle English gravel, grauel, from Old French gravele, diminutive of grave (“gravel, seashore”), from Medieval Latin grava, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *gr?w? (“gravel, pebbles”) (compare Breton groa, Cornish grow, Welsh gro), from Proto-Indo-European *g?roh?weh?, from *g?reh?w- (“to grind”). Compare also Old English græfa (“coal”).

Noun

gravel (usually uncountable, plural gravels)

1. (uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.
2. A type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics.
3. (uncountable, geology) A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
4. (uncountable, archaic) Kidney stones; a deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.

Verb

gravel (third-person singular simple present gravels, present participle gravelling or graveling, simple past and past participle gravelled or graveled)

1. (transitive) To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.
2. To puzzle or annoy
3. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
4. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
5. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.

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