Alluvium: alternatives and connections

material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster

Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and…

"Sand" or "gravel" in the kidneys.

Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone.

A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; a…

A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation.

To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.

A thin coating of sand and fine gravel over a newly paved road. See Blind, v. t., 4.

A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in which the Brazilian diamond is usually found.

Effected or produced by a flood or deluge of water; -- said of coarse and imperfectly stratified deposits along ancient or existing wa…

A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice.

Sea gravel mixed with sand.

The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, includin…

(engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc. in order to minimize the occurrence of floods

One who floods anything.

Belonging to rivers or streams; existing in or about rivers; produced by river action; fluvial; as, fluviatile starta, plants.

Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea, as deposits at the mouths of rivers.

To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.