[
US
/ˈɡɹævəɫ/
]
[ UK /ɡɹˈævəl/ ]
[ UK /ɡɹˈævəl/ ]
NOUN
- rock fragments and pebbles
VERB
-
be a mystery or bewildering to
Got me--I don't know the answer!
This beats me!
a vexing problem
This question really stuck me -
cover with gravel
We gravelled the driveway -
cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
How To Use gravel In A Sentence
- Would reverse flow undergravel filtration be better?
- The birds occupy a range of wetland habitats: lakes, rivers, reedbeds, sedge fens, marsh dykes, ponds, flooded gravel pits and meres.
- It is typically French in plan: formal and neatly patterned, with rows of trees and gravel paths.
- Quarried stone is used mainly for the production of roof tiles and other heritage products rather than garden rockery stone or sand and gravel.
- Normally, asphalt road surfaces are built on top of a bed of concrete, which is itself built atop a bed of gravel.
- The new gravel road has been built parallel to the old tarmac Gun Park Road
- As I looked at these mines with their thousands of grinning natives and heard the rattle of gravel in the "jigs" my mind went back to Kimberley and the immense part that its glittering wealth played in determining the economic fate of South Africa. An African Adventure
- Niece," said Don Inocencio gravely and sententiously, "when serious things have taken place, caprices are not called caprices, but by another name. Dona Perfecta
- I tell you what though, brother,’ said Dennis, cocking his hat for the convenience of scratching his head, and looking gravely at Hugh, ‘it’s worthy of notice, as a proof of the amazing equalness and dignity of our law, that it don’t make no distinction between men and women. Barnaby Rudge
- For the French, the sport borders on a national obsession, but enthusiasts in Stockport are hoping the sound of metal boules on gravel will become a traditional feature of the English summer.