Meaning of নুড়ি in English

Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing.
Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.
Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.
The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete.
Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.
To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold.
To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid.
To keep steady; to steady, morally.
Same as Bowlder.
A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large pebble.
A mass of any rock, whether rounded or not, that has been transported by natural agencies from its native bed. See Drift.
Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.
A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.
To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
of Hog
Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging.
A small roundish stone or bowlder; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone.
Transparent and colorless rock crystal; as, Brazilian pebble; -- so called by opticians.
To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.
A pebble; also, pebbles collectively.