grav‧el /ˈɡræv
əl/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French;
Origin: grave 'stony ground']
small stones, used to make a surface for paths, roads etc:
a gravel pathgravel pit (=a place where gravel is dug out of the ground) [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲