CRUSHED ROCK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Rock fragments and pebbles

Synonyms:

crushed rock; gravel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("crushed rock" is a kind of...):

rock; stone (material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crushed rock"):

ballast (coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads)

bank gravel; pit-run gravel; pit run (gravel as found in natural deposits)

shingle (coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel))