Meaning of "road metal" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF ROAD METAL

road metal

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROAD METAL

Road metal is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ROAD METAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gravel road

A gravel road is a type of unpaved road surfaced with gravel that has been brought to the site from a quarry or stream bed. They are common in less-developed nations, and also in the rural areas of developed nations such as Canada and the United States. In New Zealand, they are known as 'metal roads'. They may be referred to as 'dirt roads' in common speech, but that term is used more for unimproved roads with no surface material added. If well constructed and maintained, a gravel road is an all-weather road.

Definition of road metal in the English dictionary

The definition of road metal in the dictionary is crushed rock, broken stone, etc, used to construct a road.

TRANSLATION OF ROAD METAL

Find out the translation of road metal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of road metal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «road metal» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 碎石
• Translator English - Spanish: Rocalla
• English: road metal
• Translator English - Hindi: सड़क धातु
• Translator English - Arabic: صرار
• Translator English - Russian: щебень
• Translator English - Portuguese: britada
• Translator English - Bengali: রাস্তা ধাতু
• Translator English - French: le métal de la route
• Translator English - Malay: Logam jalan
• Translator English - German: Schotter
• Translator English - Japanese: 道路金属
• Translator English - Korean: 도로 금속
• Translator English - Javanese: Dalan logam
• Translator English - Vietnamese: dăm
• Translator English - Tamil: சாலை உலோகம்
• Translator English - Marathi: रस्त्याचा धातू
• Translator English - Turkish: Yol metali
• Translator English - Italian: metallo strada
• Translator English - Polish: Żwir
• Translator English - Ukrainian: щебінь
• Translator English - Romanian: Prund
• Translator English - Greek: δρόμο μέταλλο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: pad metaal
• Translator English - Swedish: Grus
• Translator English - Norwegian: pukkstein

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROAD METAL»

Discover the use of road metal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to road metal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain ...

Old Red Sand- Road metal - ' - 6d- per ton. stone. Coal Measures Old Над Sandstone. Do. Carbunìferous Limes!-me. Old Red Sandsinne. C«.|rbonì_fv.rous Limestone. Do. - Coal 'Паника .-'lletamorphîc - Cnrboníjì:-roux Lírrwstmze. Recent ...

Geological Survey of Great Britain, Robert Hunt, 1859

Mining Records

Quay wall, Belmullet Road metal - Footways in Swineford and Ballyhaunis. Swineford workhouse - - Road metal - Road metal - Athlone barracks - - - Canal works, bridges, &c. Drainage bridge Road metal - Road metal • • Road metal - Burnt ...

Robert Hunt, 1859

Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of ...

Quay wall, Kelmullvt Road metal - Footways in Swineford and Ballyhaunis. Swineford workhouse - Road metal • Road metal - Athlone barracks - Canal works, bridges, &c. Drainage bridge • Road metal - Road metal » • Road metal - Burnt for ...

Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1858

The Practice of Making & Repairing Roads: Of Constructing ...

Under these circumstances, it is necessary that some kind of drainage should be provided. If the road have a longitudinal inclination, the drains to be formed in the road metal of the embankment should be of the kind called mitre drains ; that is, ...

Thomas Hughes, 1838

U.S. Geological Survey Circular

ROAD METAL Engineering and geologic characteristics. — Road metal, known also as surfacing material, crushed stone, and aggregate, is defined in this report as any material that may be applied to a road to improve the performance ...

‎1950

Bibliography on titanium (to January 1, 1950) including ...

ROAD METAL Engineering and geologic characteristics. — Road metal, known also as surfacing material, crushed stone, and aggregate, is defined in this report as any material that may be applied to a road to improve the performance ...

Jean Richards Carpenter, Gwendolyn Lewise Werth Luttrell, 1953

Roads & highways: communicated to the editor of The ...

but attention should be kilns erected by the road side ; but all such road metal Roads and Roads and Highway*. Plan by Mr. Matthews. I'late cccclxxx- Vigs. Road* and passed over it with advantage Higbwayi. paid to working the whole surface ...

Robert Stevenson, 1824

The Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by D. Brewster

In mountainous districts, a. peculiar description of road-metal is sometimes found, which is technically termed mounlain-gravei. It occurs along with minute portions of earthy or clayey particles, which have the property of binding the whole ...

Edinburgh encyclopaedia, sir David Brewster, 1830

The Edinburgh encyclopaedia

In mountainous districts, a peculiar description of road-metal is sometimes found, which is technically termed mountain-gravel. It occurs along with minute portions of earthy or clayey particles, which have the property of binding the whole ...

Sir David Brewster, 1832

The Edinburgh encyclopædia conducted by David Brewster, with ...

In mountainous districts, a peculiar description of road-metal is sometimes found, which is. technically termed mountain-gravel. It occurs along with minute portions of earthy or clayey particles, which have the property of binding the whole ...

David Brewster, 1832