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gravel pits

gravel pits is the plural of gravel pit.

Meaning of gravel pit

Noun

gravel pit (plural gravel pits)

  1. A quarry from which gravel for construction purposes is obtained.
    • At Fallgate a short branch leading to a quarry is disused, but some gravel pits are working at full blast; [...].1944 January and February, “Light Railways in Derbyshire”, in Railway Magazine, page 25

Questions about gravel pits

What is gravel pits the plural of?
Gravel pits is the plural of gravel pit.

Words near gravel pits in the dictionary

  1. Gravel Gertie
  2. Gravel Gerties
  3. gravel nest
  4. gravel nests
  5. gravel pit
  6. gravel pits
  7. gravel road
  8. gravel road cop
  9. gravel road cops
  10. gravel roads
  11. gravel stop

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