Gravel
noun
Small stones, often used in driveways and road-building.
They spread gravel on the driveway.
Often appears as...
- spread gravel
- gravel road
verb
To cover an area with gravel.
We decided to gravel the pathway to the house.
Often appears as...
- gravel the driveway
- gravel the road
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To confuse or annoy someone.
His strange behavior gravels me.
Often appears as...
- gravels me
- be gravelled
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
Small stones, often used in driveways and road-building.
They spread gravel on the driveway.
Often appears as...
- spread gravel
- gravel road
verb
To cover an area with gravel.
We decided to gravel the pathway to the house.
Often appears as...
- gravel the driveway
- gravel the road
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To confuse or annoy someone.
His strange behavior gravels me.
Often appears as...
- gravels me
- be gravelled
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Material Use
Gravel refers to a construction material made from small rocks.
Load a truck with gravel for the construction site.
Pro Tip 2/3Outdoor Surface
Gravel is commonly used outdoors to cover paths and driveways.
Her bike kicked up gravel on the path.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Smooth
A gravel surface is rough and can be unstable to walk or drive on.
Walking on gravel can be tricky due to the uneven surface.
Pro Tip 1/3Material Use
Gravel refers to a construction material made from small rocks.
Load a truck with gravel for the construction site.
Pro Tip 2/3Outdoor Surface
Gravel is commonly used outdoors to cover paths and driveways.
Her bike kicked up gravel on the path.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Smooth
A gravel surface is rough and can be unstable to walk or drive on.
Walking on gravel can be tricky due to the uneven surface.
Pro Tip 1/3Material Use
Gravel refers to a construction material made from small rocks.
Load a truck with gravel for the construction site.
Pro Tip 2/3Outdoor Surface
Gravel is commonly used outdoors to cover paths and driveways.
Her bike kicked up gravel on the path.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Smooth
A gravel surface is rough and can be unstable to walk or drive on.
Walking on gravel can be tricky due to the uneven surface.
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Janine Shepherd: A...
I had extensive and life-threatening injuries. I'd broken my neck and my back in six places. I broke five ribs on my left side. I broke my right arm. I broke my collarbone. I broke some bones in my feet. My whole right side was ripped open, filled with gravel.
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Ludwick Marishane: A...
and a poor man's lifesaver. Having put the product into practice, we are actually now on the verge of selling the product onto a multinational to take it to the retail market, and one question I have for the audience today is, on the gravel roads of Limpopo,
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Learning from a barefoot...
solutions outside look for solutions within and listen to people they have the solutions in front of you they're all over the world don't even worry don't listen to the world bank listen to the people on the gravel they have all the solutions in the world
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Building bridges and...
village elders as we negotiated how can we get community support for the project and we began a number of routines like every morning we'd go down to the river and we'd use rice bags to clean sand and gravel and every afternoon we would take
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Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
and it stretches inland as a life enhancing blanket across the desert and fog is what keeps these remarkable plants alive it hardly ever rains where they occur on the coastal gravel plains they are well reaches and they look like
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Climate 101: Glaciers PIPE...
Glacial till provides fertile soil for growing crops. And, deposits of sand and gravel are used to make concrete and asphalt. Many rivers are fed by the melting ice of glaciers. The most important resource provided
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Let's scan the whole...
We felt a moral and ethical responsibility to protect this site as it was, but in the short time that we were there, things inevitably changed. The tiny gravel bar where we first landed our helicopter was gone.
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Diébédo Francis Kéré:...
It is simply how we protect our walls. The rain in Burkina comes very fast, and after that, you have floods everywhere in the country. But for us, the rain is good. It brings sand and gravel to the river
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Filming A Battle Of Life...
it's not sand it's gravel and bits of seal bone and it's really fairly unpleasant the first time we did it my knee blistered and skinned and was just really very painful our delightful camera assistant
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Subterranean Treasure PIPE...
all this gravel is water these walls channel rain water underground or a base layer of rock collects it but I have no way of telling how deep that will be no
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Janine Shepherd: A...
I had extensive and life-threatening injuries. I'd broken my neck and my back in six places. I broke five ribs on my left side. I broke my right arm. I broke my collarbone. I broke some bones in my feet. My whole right side was ripped open, filled with gravel.
Video examples
Ludwick Marishane: A...
and a poor man's lifesaver. Having put the product into practice, we are actually now on the verge of selling the product onto a multinational to take it to the retail market, and one question I have for the audience today is, on the gravel roads of Limpopo,
Video examples
Learning from a barefoot...
solutions outside look for solutions within and listen to people they have the solutions in front of you they're all over the world don't even worry don't listen to the world bank listen to the people on the gravel they have all the solutions in the world
Video examples
Building bridges and...
village elders as we negotiated how can we get community support for the project and we began a number of routines like every morning we'd go down to the river and we'd use rice bags to clean sand and gravel and every afternoon we would take
Video examples
Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
and it stretches inland as a life enhancing blanket across the desert and fog is what keeps these remarkable plants alive it hardly ever rains where they occur on the coastal gravel plains they are well reaches and they look like
Video examples
Climate 101: Glaciers PIPE...
Glacial till provides fertile soil for growing crops. And, deposits of sand and gravel are used to make concrete and asphalt. Many rivers are fed by the melting ice of glaciers. The most important resource provided
Video examples
Let's scan the whole...
We felt a moral and ethical responsibility to protect this site as it was, but in the short time that we were there, things inevitably changed. The tiny gravel bar where we first landed our helicopter was gone.
Video examples
Diébédo Francis Kéré:...
It is simply how we protect our walls. The rain in Burkina comes very fast, and after that, you have floods everywhere in the country. But for us, the rain is good. It brings sand and gravel to the river
Video examples
Filming A Battle Of Life...
it's not sand it's gravel and bits of seal bone and it's really fairly unpleasant the first time we did it my knee blistered and skinned and was just really very painful our delightful camera assistant
Video examples
Subterranean Treasure PIPE...
all this gravel is water these walls channel rain water underground or a base layer of rock collects it but I have no way of telling how deep that will be no
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Allan McNish
British Driver
I clipped a Ferrari, hit the gravel trap at a fair old speed, which lifted the car up into the barrier, and then rolled a few times. I had no injuries or anything - I just had to wait for the marshals to right the car before I could get out.
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Mark Haddon
English Novelist
If kids like a picture book, they're going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor imperfections start to feel like gravel in the bed.
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Robert Kubica
Polish Driver
In order to become a complete driver I believe that rallying will give me extra bits, because of gravel, because of different characteristics.
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Emma Rigby
English Actress
I love gritty drama. I'm passionate about films and drama that make you think - hard-hitting, gravelly characters.
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Elliott Smith
American Musician
But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.
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Chuck Close
American Artist
There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.
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Erin Richards
British Actress
I do have a bit of a gravelly voice; people have told me I've got a good voice for radio.
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Dave Barry
American Journalist
The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.
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Nina Simone
American Musician
Sometimes I sound like gravel, and sometimes I sound like coffee and cream.
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Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
Quote examples
Allan McNish
British Driver
I clipped a Ferrari, hit the gravel trap at a fair old speed, which lifted the car up into the barrier, and then rolled a few times. I had no injuries or anything - I just had to wait for the marshals to right the car before I could get out.
Quote examples
Mark Haddon
English Novelist
If kids like a picture book, they're going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor imperfections start to feel like gravel in the bed.
Quote examples
Robert Kubica
Polish Driver
In order to become a complete driver I believe that rallying will give me extra bits, because of gravel, because of different characteristics.
Quote examples
Emma Rigby
English Actress
I love gritty drama. I'm passionate about films and drama that make you think - hard-hitting, gravelly characters.
Quote examples
Elliott Smith
American Musician
But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.
Quote examples
Chuck Close
American Artist
There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.
Quote examples
Erin Richards
British Actress
I do have a bit of a gravelly voice; people have told me I've got a good voice for radio.
Quote examples
Dave Barry
American Journalist
The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.
Quote examples
Nina Simone
American Musician
Sometimes I sound like gravel, and sometimes I sound like coffee and cream.
Quote examples
Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
Example 1 of 10
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