gravel


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gravel/ˈɡravl/
noun
  • 1 a loose mixture of small stones, often used for paths and roads.
  • 2 Medicine aggregations of crystals formed in the urinary tract.
verb (gravels, gravelling, gravelled; US gravels, graveling, graveled)
  • 1 cover with gravel.
  • 2 US informal anger or annoy.
– origin ME: from OFr., dimin. of grave (see grave4).
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