ETYM Latin, meal, flour, from far a sort of grain, spelt; akin to Eng. barley.
Fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings.
Flour or meal of cereals, nuts, etc.

ETYM Old Fren. gravele, akin to French gr?ve a sandy shore, strand; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. grouan gravel, W. gro coarse gravel, pebbles, and Skr. grâvan stone.
Rock fragments and pebbles; SYN. crushed rock.
> Coarse sediment consisting of pebbles or small fragments of rock, originating in the beds of lakes and streams or on beaches. Gravel is quarried for use in road building, railroad ballast, and for an aggregate in concrete. It is obtained from quarries known as gravel pits, where it is often found mixed with sand or clay.
Some gravel deposits also contain placer deposits of metal ores (chiefly tin) or free metals (such as gold and silver). + prikaži više

ETYM Italian semolino, from semola bran, Latin simila the finest wheat flour. Related to Semoule, Simnel.
Milled product of durum wheat (or other hard wheat) used in pasta.

Unit (symbol yd) of length, equivalent to three feet (0.9144 m).
In the US, it is sometimes used to denote a cubic yard (0.7646 cubic meters) as of topsoil.

ETYM Old Eng. crois, croys, cros; the former from Old Fren. crois, croiz, French croix, from Latin crux; the second is perh. directly from Prov. cros, crotz. from the same Latin crux; cf. Icel. kross. Related to Crucial, Crusade, Cruise, Crux.
(Irregular plural: crosses).
1. A cross as an emblem of Christianity; used in heraldry.
2. A wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece.
3. Any affliction that causes great suffering; SYN. crown of thorns.
Symbol of the Christian religion, in widespread use since the 3rd century. It is a symbol of the crucifixion of Jesus and the central significance of his suffering, death, and resurrection. The Latin cross is the most commonly used; other types are the Greek cross, St Anthony's cross, and St Andrew's cross. Symbolic crosses were used by pre-Christian cultures, for example the ancient Egyptian ankh (St Anthony's cross with a loop at the top), symbol of life, and the swastika, used by Hindus, Buddhists, Celts, and Native Americans before it was adopted by the Nazis.
Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; SYN. crossing, transverse, transversal, thwartwise. + prikaži više