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crushed rock

Other forms: crushed rocks

Definitions of crushed rock
  1. noun
    rock fragments and pebbles
    synonyms: gravel
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    types:
    ballast
    coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
    bank gravel, pit run, pit-run gravel
    gravel as found in natural deposits
    shingle
    coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)
    type of:
    rock, stone
    material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
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