Collocations for "gravel"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "gravel" in context.
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gravel
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [road, path] was covered in gravel
- pave the [road] with gravel
- paved with gravel to [fill in, prevent, protect]
- have (a piece of) gravel in my shoe
- skinned my [knee, elbow] on the gravel
- [slipped, slid] on gravel
- crushed gravel
- the crunch of gravel under my [feet, boots]
- [extract, remove] [renal, cystic] gravel
- a gravel [road, path]
- drove [up, down] the gravel driveway
- a gravel [pit, quarry]
- gravel [deposits, extraction, mining]
- a gravel-laying [vehicle, truck, machine]
- a gravel tennis court
'gravel' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):