graveling

Covering with pebbles

Graveling is covering a surface with gravel—small loose stones used for paths, driveways, and roads: They spent the weekend graveling the driveway.

The word also appears as a present participle: The crew is graveling the parking lot.

In British English, the spelling is gravelling.

aggregate

pebbles

Small water-smoothed stones

stonesSmall hard earth fragments
crushedCompressed into fragments
coarseRough in texture

granular · grit · chippings · screenings · subbase · driveway · pathway · ballast · compaction · stabilization

juvenile-fish

fry

Cook in hot fat

alevinLarval salmon stage
parrImmature salmon with markings
smoltSalmon ready for saltwater

fingerling · hatchling · juvenile · spawn · brood · nursery · roe · minnow · guppy · sprat

riverbed

trout

Freshwater game fish

salmonPink-fleshed migratory fish
spawningReleasing eggs to reproduce
substrateUnderlying supporting material

sediment · benthic · riffle · pool · current · stream · invertebrates · caddisfly · mayfly · stonefly

Opposites

surface covering method

gravelingpaving

Laying hard ground cover

asphalting · concreting · tarmacking · blacktopping · bricking

surface treatment action

gravelingexcavating

Removing soil to uncover

clearing · stripping · digging up · removing · uncovering

Family

gravel, gravelly, gravels, gravelled, gravelling, graveled

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G