| NOUN | substance | crushed rock, gravel | rock fragments and pebbles |
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| Meaning | rock fragments and pebbles. | |
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| Synonym | gravel | |
| Narrower | ballast | coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads |
| bank gravel, pit-run gravel, pit run | gravel as found in natural deposits | |
| shingle | coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel) | |
| Broader | rock, stone | material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust |
| Spanish | grava, gravilla | |
| Catalan | grava | |
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