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Definition: Gravel |
GravelAdjective1. Made of packed earth or gravel; "a dirt road". 2. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice". Noun1. Rock fragments and pebbles. Verb1. Cause annoyance in; disturb, esp. by minor irritations: "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves". 2. Cover with gravel, as of a road. 3. Be a mystery or bewildering to: "This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gravel" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of gravel, denotes unfruitful schemes and enterprises. If you see gravel mixed with dirt, it foretells you will unfortunately speculate and lose good property. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Geological | All sedimentary particles larger than two millimeters is called gravel. Gravel is subdivided into pebbles, cobbles, and boulders. (references) |
Mining | A. An unconsolidated, natural accumulation of rounded rock fragments resulting from erosion, consisting predominantly of particles larger than sand (diameter greater than 2 mm or 1/12 in), such as boulders, cobbles, pebbles, granules, or any combination of these. See also:pebbl b. A popular term for a loose accumulation of rock fragments, such as a detrital sediment associated esp. with streams or beaches, composed predominantly of more or less rounded pebbles and small stones, and mixed with sand that may compose 50% to 70% of the total mass c. An engineering term for rounded fragments having a diameter in the range of 1.87 in (47.5 mm) (retained on U.S. standard sieve No. 4) to 3 in(76 mm). (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
GravelGravel is rock that is of a certain size range. In geology, gravel is any loose rock that is at least two millimeters in its largest dimension (about 1/12 of an inch), and no more than 75 millimeters (about 3 inches). Sometimes gravel is restricted to rock in the 2-4 millimeter range, with pebble being reserved for rock 4-75 millimeters (some say 64 millimeters). The next smaller size class in geology is sand, which is 0.02 mm to 2 mm in size. The next larger size is cobble, which is 75 (64) millimeters to 256 millimeters (about ten inches).
Gravel is an important commercial product, used in many applications. Some important types of gravel include:
In Britain, gravel always refers to smooth, rounded, river-worn material, never to angular stones or crushed rock. British gravel ranges in size from 4 mm to about 30 mm, the smaller sizes up to 8 mm are usually called 'pea gravel'.
- Crushed stone: This is generally limestone or dolomite that has been crushed and graded by screens to certain size classes. It is widely used in concrete and as a surfacing for roads and driveways, sometimes with tar applied over it. Crushed stone may also be made from granite and other rocks. A special type of limestone crushed stone is dense grade aggregate, or DGA, also known as crusher run. This is a mixed grade of mostly small crushed stone in a matrix of crushed limestone powder.
- Creek rock: This is generally rounded stones, potentially of a wide range of types, that are dredged or scooped from river beds and creek beds. It is also often used as concrete aggregate and less often as a paving surface.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gravel."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| GRVL | English | Gravel | Geography, Transportation |
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Synonyms: GravelSynonyms: dirt (adj), grating (adj), graveled (adj), gravelly (adj), rasping (adj), raspy (adj), rough (adj), crushed rock (n), amaze (v), annoy (v), baffle (v), beat (v), bewilder (v), bother (v), chafe (v), devil (v), dumbfound (v), flummox (v), get (v), get at (v), get to (v), irritate (v), mystify (v), nark (v), nettle (v), nonplus (v), perplex (v), puzzle (v), rag (v), rile (v), stupefy (v), stupify (v), vex (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Difficulty | Verb: be difficult; Adjective: run one hard, go against the grain, try one's patience, put one out; put to one's shifts, put to one's wit's end; go hard with one, try one; pose, perplex; (uncertain); bother, nonplus, gravel, bring to a deadlock; be impossible; be in the way of; (hinder). |
Land | Soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot; rock, crag. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Lyrics | We wore out that gravel road between your house and mine (Meet In The Middle; performing artist: Diamond Rio) For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye (A Boy Named Sue; performing artist: Johnny Cash) A long time, a gravel road, to cash and fame and sold my soul (Awnaw; performing artist: Nappy Roots) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Little Gravel Voice (1942) Around Gravel Bay (1899) Gravel (2003) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Gravel bar used as landing field at Rampart House Magnetic observation party of E. H. Bramhall. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | The Sacramento River below Keswick Dam, gravel replenishment area. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Cleaning gravel from the streambed using a suction pump. The device, in the background, is a modified gold dredge and was used by Americorp and NOAA volunteers. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Resource Conservationist Tom Adams shows a water bar erosion control practice on a gravel road adjacent to an orchard. Grand Traverse County, Michigan. Credit: Lynn Betts. |
 | Gravel provides needed spawning habitat for salmon. Credit: Gary Kramer. |  | Gravel injection site below bridge. Credit: Gary Kramer. |
 | Gravel Pit across Oregon Trail south of Three IslandOregon TrailLower Snake River District. Credit: W. Meyer. |  | Windy Ridge gravel pit. Credit: Simontacchi. |
 | Tent Camp on Gravel Pad. Credit: Alaska Image Library. |  | Helicopter on Gravel Bar. Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library. |
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Honore De Balzac | In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls. |
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Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | An oblong garden, half a yard longer than wide, consists entirely of a gravel walk, spirally arranged, a yard wide and 3630 yards long |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The cars were rolling on the gravel. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The hind feet kicked his shell along, and it scraped on the grass, and on the gravel. |
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Business | This increase is reflected in increased sales of re-bar, paint, sand and gravel. (references) | |
Economic History | Lithuania | Limestone, clay, sand and gravel are Lithuania's primary natural resources, but the coastal shelf offers perhaps 10 million barrels' worth of oil deposits, and the southeast could provide high yields of iron ore and granite. (references) |
Iceland | The current national road system connecting most of the population centers is largely in the coastal areas and consists of about 12,177 kilometers (7,565 mi.) of dirt and gravel roads and about 1,150 kilometers (714 mi.) of hard-surfaced roads. (references) | |
Sudan | The country's transportation facilities consist of one 4,800-kilometer (2, 748-mi.), single-track railroad with a feeder line, supplemented by limited river steamers, Sudan airways, and about 1,900 km. (1,200 mi.) of paved and gravel road--primarily in greater Khartoum, Port Sudan, and the north. (references) | |
Human Rights | Ethiopia | For example, detainees reportedly were forced to jog around the camp for several hours and run barefoot on gravel; detainees who lagged behind were beaten. (references) |
Travel | Bolivia | Bolivia has 53,153 Km of roads, of which only 2,933 Km are paved, 16,380 are gravel and 33,840 are dirt roads. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MEERSCHAUM, n. (Literally, seafoam, and by many erroneously supposed to be made of it.) A fine white clay, which for convenience in coloring it brown is made into tobacco pipes and smoked by the workmen engaged in that industry. The purpose of coloring it has not been disclosed by the manufacturers. There was a youth (you've heard before, This woeful tale, may be), Who bought a meerschaum pipe and swore That color it would he! He shut himself from the world away, Nor any soul he saw. He smoke by night, he smoked by day, As hard as he could draw. His dog died moaning in the wrath Of winds that blew aloof; The weeds were in the gravel path, The owl was on the roof. "He's gone afar, he'll come no more," The neighbors sadly say. And so they batter in the door To take his goods away. Dead, pipe in mouth, the youngster lay, Nut-brown in face and limb. "That pipe's a lovely white," they say, "But it has colored him!" The moral there's small need to sing -- 'Tis plain as day to you: Don't play your game on any thing That is a gamester too. Martin Bulstrode |
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| "Gravel" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.88% of the time. "Gravel" is used about 1,074 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.88% | 1,062 | 7,058 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.02% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,074 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "gravel" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Gravel | Last name | 1,000 | 10,904 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "gravel". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Samos | N/A | Biblical | Full of gravel |
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Expressions using "gravel": bank gravel ♦ gravel etc ♦ gravel heap ♦ gravel path ♦ gravel pit ♦ Gravel powder ♦ Gravel Ridge ♦ gravel road ♦ GRAVEL ROOT ♦ Gravel Switch ♦ gravel walk ♦ pea gravel. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "gravel": gravel-blind, gravel-bottom-dwelling, gravel-bottomed, gravel-dredging, gravel-faced, gravel-floored, gravel-packed, gravel-pattern, gravel-pit, gravel-pits, gravel-rash, Gravel-stone, gravel-strewn, gravel-timbered, gravel-timbred, gravel-under-waves, gravel-voiced. | |
Ending with "gravel": anti-gravel, sea-gravel. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
gravel | 566 | rock gravel | 11 |
driveway gravel | 105 | boston gravel sand | 11 |
pea gravel | 95 | gravel path | 10 |
sand gravel | 94 | build driveway gravel | 10 |
gravel pit | 56 | gravel pack | 10 |
aquarium gravel | 47 | gravel yard | 9 |
gravel landscaping | 29 | gravel root | 9 |
gravel landscape | 24 | gravel lyrics pit | 9 |
digital gravel | 22 | cost gravel | 9 |
stone gravel | 21 | gravel road | 9 |
calculator gravel | 20 | gravel switch ky | 8 |
gravel garden | 19 | gravel product | 8 |
gravel price | 18 | fish tank gravel | 8 |
decorative gravel | 16 | gravel sapphire | 8 |
gravel type | 16 | gravel island ross sand | 7 |
gravel pioneer sand | 15 | driveway gravel type | 7 |
under gravel filter | 14 | gertie gravel | 6 |
gravel weight | 14 | fish gravel | 6 |
construction driveway gravel | 13 | guard gravel | 6 |
gravel size | 12 | gravel roof tar | 6 |
brain gravel | 6 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "gravel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zhavorr (grit), zall (grit, shingle), rrugë e shtruar me zhavorr. (various references) | |
Arabic | فرش بالحصى (ballast), حصي (grit, rubble), حصوات فى الكلية, حصباء (crushed rock, macadam), حصب (pebble), أثار (aggravate, arouse, awaken, bestir, burn, chafe, elicit, engage, evoke, exacerbate, exalt, excite, fan, ferment, flurry, foment, fray, frazzle, fret, fuss, gall, get, gripe, heat, impassion, inflame, infuriate, inspire, instigate, irritate, itch, jog, jostle, kindle, madden, move, outrage, pique, remnant, rile, rouse, sour, stimulate, switch on, tease, thrill, touch off, transport, trigger, trouble, turn on, unsettle, urge, vex, whet, whip, work), أربك (baffle, bamboozle, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, bother, buffalo, confound, confuse, demoralize, discompose, disconcert, disorientate, embarrass, embrangle, entangle, floor, fluster, fox, fret, fuddle, molest, muckrake, mystify, nonplus, obfuscate, overwhelm, perplex, pose, put out, puzzle, ravel, show up, squirm, stop, stumble, stump, vex). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | смущавам (become confused, confound, confuse, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disturb, flurry, incommode, muddle, mystify, obfuscate, perplex, perturb, put off, put out, rattle, ruffle, throw out, unbalance, violate, wake, wilder), обърквам (abash, addle, baffle, bedevil, befuddle, bewilder, complicate, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, disjoint, dislocate, distract, embarrass, embroil, flatten, flummox, fluster, foil, fuddle, jumble, maze, mess about, mess around, mess up, muddle, muff, muss, nonplus, obfuscate, overwhelm, perplex, pose, put off, put out, puzzle, sew up, snarl, stonker, throw out, tumble, vex, wilder), настилам с чакъл (macadamize), настилам с пясък, златоносен пясък (dirt, lead, wash), едрозърнест пясък, пясък в урината, дребен чакъл, дразня (annoy, bait, bosh, bugger about, bullyrag, burn up, dig, exacerbate, fetch, fray, fuss, gall, gripe, harass, irritate, jar, jive, mad, madden, nag, niggle, nip, offend, peeve, pinprick, piss off, play up, provoke, rag, rasp, rib, ride, rile, rub, spite, tease, titillate, try, twit, vex, worry). (various references) | |
Chinese | 石渣 (Gravelly), 礫 (small stone), 碎石 (gravely), (granule, sand). (various references) | |
Czech | štìrk (ballast, grit, metal, road metal). (various references) | |
Danish | grus (concrement, concretion, flake, rubble, spall), stenfyld (flake, rubble, spall), nyregrus (renal gravel), moraeneler (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, glacial drift, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet), bundmoræne (an unstratified glacial deposit of clay, and boulders covering part of the rock surface in those regions which were glaciated during the ice age ;a moraine occurring at the bottom of a glacier, and pushed along over its bed.When the glacier melts, consisting of material frozen in the bottom, glacial drift, ground moraine, sand, silt, this material is usually deposited in a relatively thin sheet over the area occupied by the glacier, till, till sheet). (various references) | |
Dutch | grind (grit), steengruis (grit), gruis (grit, powder), gravel (grit). (various references) | |
Esperanto | gruzo (grit), siliko (flint). (various references) | |
Faeroese | grús (grit), flintsteinur (flint), eyrur (grit). (various references) | |
Farsi | متوقف کردن , ماسه (Sand), سنگریزه (Grit, Pebble, Slither), سنگ مثانه , ریگ (Grit, Pebble, Sand), شنی (Sandy), شن پاشیدن (Sand), شن دار (Gritty), شن (Grit, Sand), درشن دفن کردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | sora (grit). (various references) | |
French | gravier (grit, grits, grittiness). (various references) | |
German | kies (dough, grit, lolly, shingle), schotter (ballast, macadam, road metal), grieß (grit, semolina). (various references) | |
Greek | χαλίκι (grit, pebble, rubble), ψαμμίαση. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לסלול בחצץ, זפזיף, אבן חצץ (pebble-stone, shingle), חצץ (calculus, grit, macadam), 'רופת (silt). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sóder (ballast), kavics (ballast, grit cell, pebble, pebble stone, scree), föveny (grit, quicksand, sand). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kerikil. (various references) | |
Italian | ghiaia (grit). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 玉 利 , 利 (ballast, pebbles), 利 (ballast, pebbles). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たまじゃり, じゃり (ballast, pebbles). (various references) | |
Korean | 자갈 (Pebble). (various references) | |
Manx | treicknane (beetle), shillee (building aggregate, pebbles, shingle), geinnagh gharroo, garvel, cur shillee er, cur garvel er. (various references) | |
Maya | chichil-tun. (various references) | |
Norwegian | grus (grit). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | avelgray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cascalho (ballast, grit, rubble, shingle). (various references) | |
Romanian | zãpãci (addle, bedazzle, bewilder, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, dizzy, embrangle, entangle, flurry, jumble, knot, maze, muddle, muss, nonplus, pie, pose, shuffle), prundui, prund (bank, beach), pietriş (breakstone, grit, metal, shingle), piatrã micã, piatrã (concretion, gallstone, hail, hailstone, scale, stone, tartar), nisip (sand), mãrgãritar (bead, gem, Pearl), aşterne cu pietriş, încurca (complicate, confound, confuse, cumber, discomfit, embrangle, embroil, entangle, floor, foul, hamper, hash, hinder, intertangle, involve, jumble, maze, medley, muddle, nonplus, perplex, pile up, pose, put out, puzzle, restrain, shuffle, sputter, stump, tangle, trouble). (various references) | |
Russian | гравий (grit, hoggin). (various references) | |
Scottish | sgrioth. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tucanik (breakstone, metal, road metal), mokraćni pesak, šljunak (boulder, grit, pebble). (various references) | |
Spanish | grava (crushed stone, grit, hogging, metal), cascajo (broken stones, chippings, grit, road-metal, rubble, Spall, stone-chippings). (various references) | |
Swedish | grus (grit). (various references) | |
Turkish | taş (allusion, calculus, concretion, dig, Flint, gem, gibe, hit, innuendo, jeer, jibe, lapidary, piece, rock, stone), kum (sand), hayret ettirmek (amaze, astonish, astound, bewilder, dumbfound, dumfound, flabbergast, mystify, surprise, wow), şaşırtmak (addle, amaze, astonish, astound, baffle, bamboozle, bedevil, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, bowl over, confound, confuse, daze, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, dislocate, disorient, disorientate, distract, embarrass, embrangle, flabbergast, floor, flummox, fuddle, give smb. a tumble, intrigue, jolt, knock back, mislead, moither, mystify, nonplus, obfuscate, perplex, put smb. out of countenance, puzzle, rattle, shock, startle, stick, stun, stupefy, surprise, take aback, wow), aklını karıştırmak (befuddle, disorientate, distract), çakıllık, çakıl dökmek (pebble), çakıl döşemek (ballast), çakıl (ballast, hard core, pebble, rubble, shingle). (various references) | |
Turkmen | зagyl. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гравій (ballast, grit, sand, wash), золотоносний пісок. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | gần như đui mù (gravel-blind), đường rải sỏi (gravel-path). (various references) | |
Welsh | greyenin, graeanwst, graean. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | glareis. (various references) |
| Sanskrit | 300 BCE-Modern | sarkara. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 20, Verse 17 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Suavis est homini panis mendacii et postea implebitur os eius calculo |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Swete is to a man the bred of lesing; and aftir shal be fulfild the mouth of hym with a litil pibbil ston. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 20, Verse 17 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang tinapay sa kabakakan matam-is sa usa ka tawo; Apan sa kaulahian ang iyang baba mapuno sa grava. |
| Croatian | Sladak je èovjeku kruh prijevare, ali mu se usta poslije napune pijeskom. |
| Danish | Sødt smager Løgnens Brød, bagefter fyldes Munden med Grus. |
| Dutch | Het brood der leugen is den mens zoet; maar daarna zal zijn mond vol van zandsteentjes worden. |
| Finnish | Makea on miehelle petoksella saatu leipä, mutta perästäpäin hän saa suunsa täyteen soraa. |
| French | Le pain du mensonge est doux l`homme, Et plus tard sa bouche est remplie de gravier. |
| German | Das gestohlene Brot schmeckt dem Manne wohl; aber hernach wird ihm der Mund voll Kieselsteine werden. |
| Hungarian | Gyönyörûséges az embernek az álnokságnak kenyere; de annakutána betelik az õ szája kavicsokkal. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Harta hasil tipuan, mula-mula lezat rasanya, tetapi kemudian terasa seperti kerikil belaka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Kendatilah roti tipu daya itu manis rasanya, kemudian kelak mulut dipenuhi dengan batu kelikir. |
| Italian | E' piacevole all'uomo il pane procurato con frode, ma poi la sua bocca sar piena di granelli di sabbia. |
| Maori | ¶ He reka ki te tangata te taro o te teka; muri iho ka ki tona mangai i te kirikiri. |
| Norwegian | Brød vunnet ved svik smaker mannen søtt, men siden blir hans munn full av småsten. |
| Portuguese | Suave é ao homem o pão da mentira; mas depois a sua boca se enche de pedrinhas. |
| Rumanian | Pknea minciunii este dulce omului, dar mai pe urmq gura ki este plinq de pietriw. - |
| Spanish | Sabroso es al hombre el pan mal adquirido; pero cuando haya llenado su boca, se convertirá en cascajo. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gravel": graveled, graveless, graveling, gravelled, gravelling, gravelly, gravels, gravely. (additional references) | |
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"Gravel" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Garvald, Garve, Garvel, Garvilo, gavelo, Gavrel, grabel, grauvel, graval, Graveld, Gravell, gravet, gravey, gravl, gravol, gravvell, greel, grevel, grewel, griel, Grifel, Ogarevo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "gravel" (pronounced gra"vul) |
| 5 | -r a" v u l | Ravel, travel, unravel. |
| 4 | -a" v u l | gavel. |
| 3 | -v u l | anvil, approval, archival, arrival, arval, bedevil, bevel, carnival, civil, daredevil, devil, disapproval, dishevel, drivel, evil, festival, grovel, hovel, survival, swivel, interval, larval, level, marvel, medieval, multilevel, naval, navel, novel, oval, primeval, removal, retrieval, revel, revival, rival, servile, shovel, shrivel, uncivil, upheaval, weevil. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-l-r-v" | |
-1 letter: argle, gavel, glare, grave, lager, large, laver, ravel, regal, velar. | |
-2 letters: ager, aver, earl, egal, gale, gave, gear, lave, lear, leva, rage, rale, rave, real, vale, veal, vela, vera. | |
-3 letters: age, ale, are, ave, ear, era, erg, gae, gal, gar, gel, lag, lar, lav, lea, leg, lev, rag, reg, rev, var, veg. | |
-4 letters: ae. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-l-r-v" | |
+1 letter: gravels, gravely, verglas, vorlage. | |
+2 letters: graveled, gravelly, lawgiver, leverage, overglad, raveling, salvager, travelog, villager, vorlages, vulgarer. | |
+3 letters: almsgiver, averagely, clavering, everglade, graveless, graveling, gravelled, laveering, lawgivers, leveraged, leverages, marveling, overglaze, overlarge, palsgrave, ravelings, ravelling, revaluing, revealing, salvagers, slavering, traveling, travelogs, verglases, viceregal, villagers, villagery, vulgarest, vulgarise, vulgarize. | |
+4 letters: almsgivers, everglades, forgivable, galvanizer, governable, gravelling, leveraging, marvelling, overglazes, overlading, overlaying, overslaugh, palavering, palsgraves, prevailing, ravellings, reavailing, regulative, starveling, travelling, travelogue, unraveling, velarizing, vulgarised, vulgarises, vulgarized, vulgarizer, vulgarizes, waveringly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Names: Frequency | 13. Names: Derived from 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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