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noun
Hard dark stone crushed into small pieces used in surfacing roads, for ballast in railway tracks, etc.; gravel; blue metal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
broken rock used for repairing or making roads
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: rock, stone
History
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