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DictionaryRoot: gravele
Old French

gravele

sand; gravel; seashore

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A short gravel garden path, with individually visible small loose stones spilling from its near edge into a modest foreground heap.
noun / verb

gravel

GRAV-uhl/ˈɡrævl/

Small loose stones used to cover surfaces.

Etymology
gravelOld Frenchsand; gravel; seashore

Old French gravele was a diminutive of a word for sand or seashore, fitting gravel’s small, loose fragments. A deeper Celtic origin is possible, not established.

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