Definition of
gravel
gravel is a notion that comes from replérea Latin term that translates as “fill out”. The concept is usually used to name the stuffed which is made with small pieces of stone, brick, gravel and other materials to pave a path or fill a gap.
For example: “To get to the waterfall, you must travel about thirty kilometers on a gravel road”, “The municipality should replace the gravel of rural trails”, “A stone hit the windshield of my car when it was driving on gravel”.
Gravel roads are frequent in rural, mountainous or little-traveled areas. Due to the characteristics of the fill, these roads have greater resistance than the roads of land and suffer less flooding. However, gravel has disadvantages compared to asphalt.
gravel needs frequent maintenance so that the roads remain passable. It also requires very prudent driving since cars can have adhesion problems and stabilitysomething that does not happen on paved roads.
Ripio is also used to name the remains Of something: “We have not yet managed to get rid of the rubble of the military presence in this area”.
In the field of writing and conversation, the rubble is known as superfluous and unnecessary expressions used to complete a speech or a construction site. An example of rubbish in a dissertation would be the following: “Through these words my intention is to tell you what I think…”. All these words are unnecessary since the individual could begin his speech by simply saying, “I think that…”.
It is important to know that within the field of poetry the term rubble is used very frequently. In this case, it is used to refer to a kind of easy rhyme or even a completely idle phrase that is used with the clear objective of being able to complete a verse.
From this type of rhyme we can also point out another series of interesting aspects such as these that we show you below:
-Poets who frequently abuse the use of it are known as ripious.
-Also the poems that include several rubble throughout its structure are given the name of rubble.
-Among the authors who have used it with some frequency and ease we find Pedro Muñoz Seca, Lope de Vega and even Miguel Echegaray.
-It should not be overlooked that, in the same way, the rubble of this type is also very present in the world of music. Thus, for example, it is believed that one of the composers and singers who uses it the most in his songs is none other than Joaquín Sabina.
In addition to everything exposed so far, it must not be forgotten that we also use the term that concerns us within already consolidated popular expressions and that we have all used on some occasion. We are referring, for example, to “not losing rubble”. This is used to indicate that someone is very attentive to something that is being said or done so that no detail is missed.