gravel pit
English
editNoun
editgravel pit (plural gravel pits)
- A quarry from which gravel for construction purposes is obtained.
- 1944 January and February, “Light Railways in Derbyshire”, in Railway Magazine, page 25:
- At Fallgate a short branch leading to a quarry is disused, but some gravel pits are working at full blast; [...].
Translations
editquarry
References
edit- “gravel pit”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “gravel-pit”, in Collins English Dictionary.