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Definition of gravelly in English: gravellyadjective ˈɡrav(ə)liˈɡrævəli 1Resembling, containing, or consisting of gravel. Example sentencesExamples - Most of his soils are a gravelly sandy loam known as Aura, well drained and with 15% clay.
- Non-cohesive soils include silty, sandy, and gravelly soils in which there is no cohesion except that derived from any minor amount of clay matrix or from water tension between particles.
- The Avilla series consists of very deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils that formed in gravelly and loamy alluvium.
- A low cliff on one bank, with an otter's holt at its foot, betrayed by a crab graveyard, on our side a gravelly shore undercutting the peat moor.
- In Washington, they favor degraded or otherwise gravelly soils.
- It's a mixture of soils from the site, some more gravelly, some more clay-like.
- It was difficult to find: the road shown was not a road but a track, unused, winding behind a cottage with the requisite dog watching curiously as we drove up a gravelly slope.
- The region's distinctive gravelly soils lend themselves to some of New Zealand's top reds, particularly Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and - the new star, Syrah.
- During our dry season visits, sandy and gravelly beaches lined most of the river, although water levels rose above the beaches during heavy rains.
- The 4 km of beachfront in the park varies from rocky, gravelly, to sandy.
- The bed has limited sun and our soil is light and gravelly.
- This cactus typically grows in gravelly clay or loam soils, partially shaded by other plants or rocks.
- The soil is light and gravelly, and chiefly under tillage: agriculture is improving, and there is a considerable quantity of bog and limestone.
- Texture of the fine-earth fraction is silt loam or loam with gravelly or very gravelly modifiers.
- If the pond is located in sandy or gravelly soils or near fractured bedrock, seal the pond with an approved plastic liner or at least 6 inches of compact clay.
- While organic matter or topsoil could be used alone, a sandy or gravelly soil is improved more if you add both organic matter and topsoil than if you add either material alone.
- A rowboat was beached on the gravelly shore and abandoned there.
- They require a sandy or gravelly substrate for nesting near a wet or muddy area where they can forage.
- Much of this carpet of herbs is on shallow gravelly and stony soils, too poor for buffel, or under mulga trees.
- Fairly well drained, rocky or gravelly soil is the Laurel's natural preference.
Synonyms shingly, pebbly, gritty, containing gravel 2(of a voice) deep and rough-sounding. Example sentencesExamples - Stanley was very tall and though a very sweet man, he had a deep, gravelly voice that often got him jobs on cartoon shows as dastardly villains.
- His gravelly voice was even rougher than usual, harsh and grating, but the child didn't seem to notice.
- His gravelly voice boomed out into the night, through the little, tiny windows, beckoning those outside closer.
- I always wait to read them until Jon gets home, and then I usually read it aloud in a deep, low, gravelly voice with a twinge of a Southern accent, since he's in Texas.
- The words, or maybe it's the gravelly voice, act as a cathartic, and the woman begins to cry.
- But the music was everything I imagined it would be, all bombast woodwind and deep gravelly voices.
- He has a rather manic look about him - scrunched up face and a very low gravelly voice - and when I was first introduced to him I'll admit to being pretty wary.
- It's not her fault that she looks like a man, or has a gravelly voice, or isn't particularly poised or charming.
- ‘I was told you were the best,’ he hissed angrily, in a deep gravelly voice that sent a chill into Ark's bones.
- We will miss his deep, gravelly voice that told of his Suffolk origin as soon as he spoke to you.
- He had this really gravelly voice, very intense, and he was completely wild looking too.
- ‘Rap is our way of resisting the occupation, it's our weapon,’ he explains timidly in a manner that seems incongruent with his gravelly voice and the harsh lyrics that blast out from the stereo speakers behind him.
- ‘I'm not getting any younger,’ he says in his deep, gravelly voice.
- One is famous for his big glasses and his flamboyant dress sense, whilst the other is known for his tight fitting trousers and his gravelly voice.
- ‘You're up early,’ he said, in his deep, gravelly voice.
- ‘A pity that it will be like this for only a short while longer,’ a deep, gravelly voice said.
- What came out was in a rough, gravelly voice, but she could make out the words quite clearly.
- The voice was deep and gravelly as if the person had a sore throat and was hoarse.
- But her gravelly voice suddenly leapt with glee when Allen brought out an old, blue hard-sided suitcase.
- ‘Before we say goodbye to another year,’ Patrick said in his deep, gravelly voice, ‘I'm going to say a few words.’
Synonyms husky, gruff, throaty, deep, croaking, raspy, rasping, grating, harsh, low, rough, rough-sounding, thick, guttural Definition of gravelly in US English: gravellyadjectiveˈɡravəlēˈɡrævəli 1Resembling, containing, or consisting of gravel. Example sentencesExamples - It's a mixture of soils from the site, some more gravelly, some more clay-like.
- The Avilla series consists of very deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils that formed in gravelly and loamy alluvium.
- Non-cohesive soils include silty, sandy, and gravelly soils in which there is no cohesion except that derived from any minor amount of clay matrix or from water tension between particles.
- Fairly well drained, rocky or gravelly soil is the Laurel's natural preference.
- While organic matter or topsoil could be used alone, a sandy or gravelly soil is improved more if you add both organic matter and topsoil than if you add either material alone.
- The region's distinctive gravelly soils lend themselves to some of New Zealand's top reds, particularly Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and - the new star, Syrah.
- They require a sandy or gravelly substrate for nesting near a wet or muddy area where they can forage.
- The 4 km of beachfront in the park varies from rocky, gravelly, to sandy.
- A rowboat was beached on the gravelly shore and abandoned there.
- In Washington, they favor degraded or otherwise gravelly soils.
- The soil is light and gravelly, and chiefly under tillage: agriculture is improving, and there is a considerable quantity of bog and limestone.
- The bed has limited sun and our soil is light and gravelly.
- Much of this carpet of herbs is on shallow gravelly and stony soils, too poor for buffel, or under mulga trees.
- It was difficult to find: the road shown was not a road but a track, unused, winding behind a cottage with the requisite dog watching curiously as we drove up a gravelly slope.
- A low cliff on one bank, with an otter's holt at its foot, betrayed by a crab graveyard, on our side a gravelly shore undercutting the peat moor.
- Most of his soils are a gravelly sandy loam known as Aura, well drained and with 15% clay.
- If the pond is located in sandy or gravelly soils or near fractured bedrock, seal the pond with an approved plastic liner or at least 6 inches of compact clay.
- Texture of the fine-earth fraction is silt loam or loam with gravelly or very gravelly modifiers.
- This cactus typically grows in gravelly clay or loam soils, partially shaded by other plants or rocks.
- During our dry season visits, sandy and gravelly beaches lined most of the river, although water levels rose above the beaches during heavy rains.
Synonyms shingly, pebbly, gritty, containing gravel - 1.1 (of a voice) deep and rough-sounding.
Example sentencesExamples - But the music was everything I imagined it would be, all bombast woodwind and deep gravelly voices.
- The voice was deep and gravelly as if the person had a sore throat and was hoarse.
- I always wait to read them until Jon gets home, and then I usually read it aloud in a deep, low, gravelly voice with a twinge of a Southern accent, since he's in Texas.
- ‘I'm not getting any younger,’ he says in his deep, gravelly voice.
- It's not her fault that she looks like a man, or has a gravelly voice, or isn't particularly poised or charming.
- ‘I was told you were the best,’ he hissed angrily, in a deep gravelly voice that sent a chill into Ark's bones.
- ‘A pity that it will be like this for only a short while longer,’ a deep, gravelly voice said.
- We will miss his deep, gravelly voice that told of his Suffolk origin as soon as he spoke to you.
- One is famous for his big glasses and his flamboyant dress sense, whilst the other is known for his tight fitting trousers and his gravelly voice.
- His gravelly voice was even rougher than usual, harsh and grating, but the child didn't seem to notice.
- He has a rather manic look about him - scrunched up face and a very low gravelly voice - and when I was first introduced to him I'll admit to being pretty wary.
- But her gravelly voice suddenly leapt with glee when Allen brought out an old, blue hard-sided suitcase.
- What came out was in a rough, gravelly voice, but she could make out the words quite clearly.
- The words, or maybe it's the gravelly voice, act as a cathartic, and the woman begins to cry.
- He had this really gravelly voice, very intense, and he was completely wild looking too.
- ‘Rap is our way of resisting the occupation, it's our weapon,’ he explains timidly in a manner that seems incongruent with his gravelly voice and the harsh lyrics that blast out from the stereo speakers behind him.
- Stanley was very tall and though a very sweet man, he had a deep, gravelly voice that often got him jobs on cartoon shows as dastardly villains.
- His gravelly voice boomed out into the night, through the little, tiny windows, beckoning those outside closer.
- ‘You're up early,’ he said, in his deep, gravelly voice.
- ‘Before we say goodbye to another year,’ Patrick said in his deep, gravelly voice, ‘I'm going to say a few words.’
Synonyms husky, gruff, throaty, deep, croaking, raspy, rasping, grating, harsh, low, rough, rough-sounding, thick, guttural
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