gravel pit

nounB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

A gravel pit is where small loose stones are dug out of the ground. A hole, machinery, and lorries all day.

Gravel and sand are extracted for concrete and roadbuilding, which makes them among the most quarried materials on earth. Worked-out pits fill with water and become lakes, and a great many British nature reserves and sailing clubs sit in old ones, which is a genuinely good second life. They are also dangerous to swim in, since the water is deep and very cold.

Definitions of gravel pit

1noungravel pitAn open excavation where gravel is dug out.B2
“The old gravel pit is a bird reserve now.”

Practised in A Man Called Ove, Rocks & Minerals

First appears in chapter 34 of A Man Called Ove.

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gravel pit

nounB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

A gravel pit is where small loose stones are dug out of the ground. A hole, machinery, and lorries all day.

Definitions of gravel pit

1noungravel pitAn open excavation where gravel is dug out.B2
“The old gravel pit is a bird reserve now.”

Practised in A Man Called Ove, Rocks & Minerals

First appears in chapter 34 of A Man Called Ove.

Practise this word