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Gravelly

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Of, full of, or covered with rock fragments or pebbles: a gravelly beach.

adj. Having a harsh rasping sound: a gravelly voice.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Full of, or covered with gravel or pebbles

adj. Unpleasantly harsh or rasping

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel: as, a gravelly soil.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

adj. abounding in small stones

Word Usage

"Like most of Scott's other highlight-accompanying phrases that may or may not refer to home runs - "I'm not a player, I just crush a lot," "And the Lord said you got to ... rise up" (in gravelly voice) - the call has no contextual meaning whatsoever."

Equivalent

cacophonous cacophonic unsmooth rough

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

pebbly chalky throaty raspy hard-packed