gravel road

collocation in English

meaningsofgravelandroad

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gravel
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɡræv.əl/us
/ˈɡræv.əl/
small, rounded stones, often mixed ...
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road
noun[C or U]
uk
/rəʊd/us
/roʊd/
a long, hard surface built for vehicles to ...
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(Definition ofgravelandroadfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The steepgravelroadover the pass is closed to motorized vehicles, but it can be traversed by bicycle.
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While he is quietly thinking to himself, he hears a car come by on thegravelroad.
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The car could reportedly accelerate from 0 to in 2.3 seconds, on agravelroad.
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As he approaches home, he reflects on thegravelroadand the one-room schoolhouse he attended as a child.
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The two settlements are linked by agravelroadacross the mountain ridge.
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Access to the farm was by a well-maintainedgravelroad2 km from a small town and 4 km from a major highway.
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A road may certainly not be agravelroadwhich carries any form of traffic.
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The course follows agravelroadthat connects the bases.
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By 1935, the route was still just agravelroad.
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The highway was constructed as agravelroadbetween 1930 and 1933.
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The highway was constructed was agravelroadin two sections.
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It can only be reached after a three-hour drive over a roughgravelroad, which was only built in 1986.
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At this time, the section of the route corresponding to the current routing was paved, while the northern section was still agravelroad.
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In the past,gravelroadsurfaces, cobblestone and granite setts were extensively used, but these surfaces have mostly been replaced by asphalt or concrete.
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Onegravelroad(also known as a pike) ran north-south through town and the entire county.
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The road at the time was a via glarea, agravelroad.
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A good gravel for agravelroadwill have a higher percentage of fines than gravel used as a subbase for a paved road.
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At that time, the highway had agravelroadsurface.
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Paper boys and couriers favored these bikes since they could handle the occasionalgravelroadwith ease.
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