gravelly

Questions about gravelly

What does gravelly mean?

gravelly means "abounding in small stones". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gravelly?

gravelly has 3 syllables: grav-el-ly. The stress falls on "grav". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹævəli/.

What is another word for gravelly?

Close synonyms include pebbly, shingly, grating, rasping, raspy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gravelly a common word?

gravelly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.