amerikai:
brit:
1. Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.
2. A type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics.
3. A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
4. 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.
1. To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.
2. To puzzle or annoy
3. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
4. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
5. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.