"gravel pit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gravel pits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gravel pit (plural gravel pits)
  1. A quarry from which gravel for construction purposes is obtained. Translations (quarry): gravera [feminine] (Catalan), Kiesgrube [feminine] (German), Schottergrube [feminine] (German), kavicsbánya (Hungarian), żwirownia [feminine] (Polish), grustag [neuter] (Swedish), grobwll [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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