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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesRoad surfaces & features - asphalt
- asphalting
- bike lane
- bitumen
- black spot
- cycle lane
- cycle track
- double yellow line
- dropped kerb
- fast lane
- paver
- paving stone
- potholed
- pullsomeonein
- ramp
- tight turn
- traffic island
- tramlines
- verge
- weighbridge
See more results » (Definition ofgraveledfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)Examplesofgraveledgraveled The rebels responded with the 14.5-mm, firing it each time from a different position along the shortgraveledpath.FromTIME There are the heavilygraveledroads where millions of loose pebbles cover the surface never permitting the tires to make firm contact with the road surface.FromHuffington Post She was unaware of his presence, until fleeing down thegraveledwalk, she heard a step behind her, and a firm hand caught her arm.FromProject Gutenberg Graveledroadbed except for 11 m. of graded dirt.FromProject Gutenberg Graveledroadbed except for 7 m. bituminous surface, 40 m. graded dirt highway, and 16 m. unimproved dirt road.FromProject Gutenberg The car veered to thegraveledarea before a brightly lit stand.FromProject Gutenberg On either side there grew beautiful, great trees, whose widespread branches made graceful shadows on thegraveledwalk beneath.FromProject Gutenberg From the old and rather decrepit pier agraveledpath led up to the front of a wide white house, partially screened by trees.FromProject Gutenberg There were windinggraveledwalks, shaded by oaks and lindens.FromProject Gutenberg She put out a foot, with the eternal feminine gesture, and dug a neat little hole in thegraveledwalk with her satin toe.FromProject Gutenberg Then she came on down the stairs, down thegraveledwalk towards him.FromProject Gutenberg She looked out, and saw the figure of a man coming along thegraveledwalk.FromProject Gutenberg The wind was still of nearly gale force and the blasts of rain which swept thegraveledhighway rocked the sedan.FromProject Gutenberg There was a sound of wheels crunching thegraveleddrive—a bustle outside; somebody had come.FromProject Gutenberg There he was, strolling along thegraveledwalk near the fountain, switching his cane impatiently.FromProject Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/graveled## |