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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crushed rock |
| Type of | stone, rock |
| Has types | ballast, pit-run gravel, pit run, bank gravel, shingle |
| Derivation | gravelly |
gravel::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
| Type of | displease |
| Has types | provoke, antagonise, antagonize, beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, eat into, grate, harass, harry, hassle, molest, peeve, plague, rankle, ruffle, fret, get, get under one's skin |
| Verb group | chafe |
Examples of gravel
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Removing selective gravel bars can help keep rivers from snaking back and forth.
From the thenewstribune.com
River gravel serves as a mulch and wicks dampness away from the crown of plants.
From the online.wsj.com
Hurlbut then used the forum to take a position against gravel mining at Brunner.
From the dailyherald.com
Road crews last month chip-sealed Lockhart Road, previously a stretch of gravel.
From the stltoday.com
Wouldn't it be better to leave it safely parked on the gravel in a motor museum?
From the guardian.co.uk
Through the woodland is a gravel lane which winds around the edge of the island.
From the telegraph.co.uk
There are 12km of gravel farm roads and about the same distance of grass tracks.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Ongoing maintenance of these roads requires gravel and oil treatments for years.
From the omaha.com
Concrete is a product that begins as a slurry of cement, sand, gravel and water.
From the thenewstribune.com
- Rock fragments and pebbles
- Annoy: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
- Cover with gravel; "We gravelled the driveway"
- Perplex: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
- Gravel is rock that is of a specific particle size range. Specifically, it is any loose rock that is larger than 2 mm (0.079 in) in its smallest dimension (about 1/12 of an inch) and no more than . The next smaller size class in geology is sand, which is > in size. ...
- Gravel is the name given to a series of limited and ongoing series by Warren Ellis, illustrated by Mike Wolfer and published by Avatar Press.
- Gravel was Lithuanian rock band. In 2006 band performed at Lithuanian Eurovision preliminaries and took fourth place.
- Gravel is the name of a line of multimedia player devices released by Commodore International Corporation. The product line includes Gravel In Pocket and Gravel In Home.
- The Poku00E9mon (u30DDu30B1u30E2u30F3, Pokemon?) franchise has 721 (as of the release of Poku00E9mon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire) distinctive fictional species classified as the titular Poku00E9mon. This is a selected listing of 50 of the Poku00E9mon species, originally found in the Red and Green versions, arranged as they are in the main game series' National Poku00E9dex.
