Word Study
gravelly
CIDE DICTIONARY
gravelly, a.
Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as, a gravelly soil. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gravelly, adj.
1 of or like gravel.
2 having or containing gravel.
3 (of a voice) deep and rough-sounding.
1 of or like gravel.
2 having or containing gravel.
3 (of a voice) deep and rough-sounding.
THESAURUS
gravelly
arenaceous, arenarious, breccial, brecciated, corrugated, cragged, craggy, crinkled, crumpled, crystal, crystalline, grainy, granular, granulate, granulated, gritty, harsh, ironbound, jagged, jaggy, lapideous, lithoid, lithoidal, monolithic, pebbled, pebbly, porphyritic, ragged, rock-ribbed, rock-strewn, rock-studded, rockbound, rocklike, rocky, rugged, rugose, rugous, sabulous, sandy, saw-toothed, sawtooth, scragged, scraggly, scraggy, serrate, serrated, shingled, shingly, snagged, snaggled, snaggy, stonelike, stony, trachytic, wrinkledFor further exploring for "gravelly" in Webster Dictionary Online