Gravel

Quick meaning: Gravel is a noun meaning (uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.

Meaning

(uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.

More Meanings

1. A type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics.
2. (uncountable, geology) A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
3. (uncountable, archaic) Kidney stones, or nephrolithiasis
4. A lameness in the foot of a horse, usually caused by an abscess.
5. (uncountable, cycling) Gravel cycling, a discipline in cycling different from road cycling, mountain biking or cyclocross, for a large part on gravel roads, typically with a dedicated gravel bike.
6. (rare) Inability to see at night; night blindness.
7. (slang) The stimulant drug alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone.

Example Sentences

When you were gravelled for lack of matter.

The physician was so gravelled and amazed withal, that he had not a word more to say.

[…] I arrived at a spot where I was completely gravelled, and could go no farther one way or the other; […]

A malady that was rare, but which because of its peculiarity elicited much comment, was "night blindness" or "gravel."

Word Forms

• gravels
• graveling
• gravelling
• graveled
• gravelled

Synonyms for gravel

Depending on context, synonyms include chisel, chessil, stones, gallstones, rough, trounce.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unpaved, gravelly, dirt, beat, trounce, rasping.

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