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Definition of Crushed rock
1. Noun. Rock fragments and pebbles.
Generic synonyms: Rock, Stone
Specialized synonyms: Ballast, Bank Gravel, Pit Run, Pit-run Gravel, Shingle
Derivative terms: Gravel, Gravelly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crushed Rock
Literary usage of Crushed rock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1908)
"The voids in crushed rock of the No. 2 grade will amount to about 45 per cent of
... Rich, which uses 1 part of cement, 2 parts sand and i oí crushed rock. ..."
2. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer by Richard Burn (1820)
"... boat, &c. or in any carriage, except as after mentioned ; provided that no
crushed rock salt, or crushed salt known by the name of lused or solid salt, ..."
3. The Mining Magazine (1853)
"The amalgamation process, which consists in intermingling the crushed rock with
quicksilver, is very imperfectly performed, chiefly in consequence of the ..."
4. Military Geology and Topography: A Presentation of Certain Phases of Geology by Herbert Ernest Gregory (1918)
"crushed rock, GRAVEL, AND SAND FOR CONCRETE. (10, n) . Rock is bulky and expensive
to transport, and in war only transportation that is absolutely necessary ..."
5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1852)
"The amalgamation process, which consists in intermingling the crushed rock with
quicksilver, is very imperfectly performed, chiefly in conséquence of the ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The separation of the ingredients of a crushed rock powder from one to another
in order to obtain pure samples suitable Separation f°r analysis is also ..."
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