Definition of gravel pit in English:

gravel pit

noun

A quarry from which gravel is or has been obtained.
the nature reserve is in a partly flooded gravel pit
Example sentencesExamples
- The canal development could use existing gravel pits to store the water, which would then be pumped to the canals.
- Most of approximately 20 fossils representing these species are from gravel pits in the Saanich Peninsula.
- The lake, irregularly shaped and nearly ninety feet deep in some spots, was formerly a gravel pit.
- Milestone's three spring-fed lakes, the largest of which covers ten acres, were originally gravel pits.
- The mammoth, who died at least 30,000 years ago, was unearthed from a Dutch gravel pit.
- Little grebes breed on ponds, small lakes and meres, and flooded gravel pits.
- A wetlands conservation project in old quarries and gravel pits in North Yorkshire has won a national award.
- My favorite fishing spot is alongside a commercial gravel pit whose chain-link fence the river is always undercutting and dragging away.
- Prior to the opening of the Estes quarry, a gravel pit was being worked at the base of the hill.
- The gravel pit will be developed into a 10-acre lake that will be ready for full use in 2005.

单词	gravel pit
释义	Definition of gravel pit in English: gravel pit noun A quarry from which gravel is or has been obtained. the nature reserve is in a partly flooded gravel pit Example sentencesExamples The canal development could use existing gravel pits to store the water, which would then be pumped to the canals. Most of approximately 20 fossils representing these species are from gravel pits in the Saanich Peninsula. The lake, irregularly shaped and nearly ninety feet deep in some spots, was formerly a gravel pit. Milestone's three spring-fed lakes, the largest of which covers ten acres, were originally gravel pits. The mammoth, who died at least 30,000 years ago, was unearthed from a Dutch gravel pit. Little grebes breed on ponds, small lakes and meres, and flooded gravel pits. A wetlands conservation project in old quarries and gravel pits in North Yorkshire has won a national award. My favorite fishing spot is alongside a commercial gravel pit whose chain-link fence the river is always undercutting and dragging away. Prior to the opening of the Estes quarry, a gravel pit was being worked at the base of the hill. The gravel pit will be developed into a 10-acre lake that will be ready for full use in 2005.
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