noun. An unconsolidated mixture of rock fragments or pebbles.

noun. The sandlike granular material of urinary calculi.

transitive verb. To apply a surface of rock fragments or pebbles to.

transitive verb. To confuse; perplex.

transitive verb. To irritate.

noun. Coarse sand; a mass of pebbles or of pebbles and sand mixed; stone in a mass of small irregular fragments.

noun. Specifically, in geology, the rolled and water-worn material formed from fragments of rock under the combined influence of atmospheric agencies and currents of water.

noun. In pathology, small concretions or calculi resembling sand or gravel which form in the kidneys, pass along the ureters to the bladder, and are expelled with the urine; the disease or morbid state characterized by such concretions.

noun. In brewing, the appearance of yeast-cells swimming in clear beer in the form of fine gravel.

To cover with gravel; fill or choke with gravel: as, to gravel a walk; to gravel a fountain.

To bury.

To cause to stick in gravel or sand.

Hence To bring to a standstill through perplexity; embarrass; puzzle; nonplus.

To hurt the foot of, as a horse, by the lodging of gravel under the shoe.

transitive verb. To cover with gravel.

transitive verb. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.

transitive verb. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.

transitive verb. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.

noun. Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.

noun. A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.

noun. a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder.

noun. Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railroads, and as ballast.

noun. A type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics.

noun. A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

noun. Kidney stones; a deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.

verb. To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.

verb. To puzzle or annoy

verb. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.

verb. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.

verb. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.

verb. cover with gravel

noun. rock fragments and pebbles

verb. be a mystery or bewildering to

verb. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

"Idle speculation makes me think that excluding gravel from the mixture may make the surface more uniform and free from discontinuities (slight depressions where gravel is on the surface, voids where gravel comes out of the mixture during curing, etc.) which could be the starting point for blistering (air would expand at a much higher rate than concrete when heated, and the membrane coating might not adhere as well to the gravel)."

alluvium  buchanan gravels  calculus  cannon-shot gravel  cemented gravel  

cover  

Havel  Pavel  Ravel  gavel  ravel  

ash  asphalt  boulder  brick  cement  

Embarrass  Tarmac  Tarvia  asphalt  bitumen  

gravelled  gravelling  

gravelled  gravelling  gravels