gravelly

grav·el·ly (gr

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adj.

1. Of, full of, or covered with rock fragments or pebbles: a gravelly beach.

2. Having a harsh rasping sound: a gravelly voice.

gravelly [ˈgrævəlɪ]

adj

1. consisting of or abounding in gravel

2. of or like gravel

3. (esp of a voice) harsh and grating

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Adj.	1.	gravelly - abounding in small stones; "landed at a shingly little beach" pebbly, shingly rough, unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
	2.	gravelly - unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" grating, rasping, raspy, scratchy, rough cacophonic, cacophonous - having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten

gravelly

adjective husky, rough, harsh, rasping, croaking, hoarse, gruff, throaty, guttural, croaky There was a triumphant note in his gravelly voice.

Translations

gravelly [ˈgrævəlɪ] ADJ

1. (lit) → con grava, con gravilla

2. [voice] → áspero

gravelly [ˈgrævəli] adj

[voice] → rauque

[area, soil] → caillouteux/euse
gravel pit n → gravière f

gravelly

adj

(liter: = stony) shore, drive → kiesbedeckt; soil → steinig

(fig) voice → tief und rau; (= hoarse) → heiser

gravelly [ˈgrævəlɪ] adj (soil, shore) → ghiaioso/a; (voice) → rauco/a, roco/a

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Allionia
Allionia incarnata
cyprinid fish
genus Allionia
genus Phoxinus
granular
grating
Gravelliness
gritty
guttural
hoarse
Leachy
minnow
pebbly
Phoxinus phoxinus
rasping
raspy
Ratchel
rimrock

The lane was a very cloistral one, with a ribbon of gravelly road, bordered on each side with a rich margin of turf and a scramble of blackberry bushes, green turf banks and dwarf oak-trees making a rich and plenteous shade.

The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context

All I know about the matter is, that one day Marheyo in my presence poured out the last drop from his huge calabash, and I observed at the bottom of the vessel a small quantity of gravelly sediment very much resembling our common sand.

Typee by Melville, Herman View in context

I faced about again, and rushed towards the approaching Martian, rushed right down the gravelly beach and headlong into the water.

The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context

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