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pebble
English
Etymology
From Middle English pibel (also in pibleston), from Old English *papol, *pyppel, *pæbbel (found in Old English popelst?n, papolst?n (“pebble-stone”), pyppelr?pi? (“pebble-stream”)), of unknown origin. Compare Albanian popël.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?p?b.?l/
- Rhymes: -?b?l
Noun
pebble (countable and uncountable, plural pebbles)
- A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
- Then let the pebbles on the hungry beach
Fillip the stars;
- Then let the pebbles on the hungry beach
- And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge;
As children gathering pebbles on the shore.
- And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge;
- (geology) A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- (curling) A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.
- Transparent and colourless rock crystal.
- Brazilian pebble
- A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains.
- Synonyms: cube powder, prismatic powder
Translations
Verb
pebble (third-person singular simple present pebbles, present participle pebbling, simple past and past participle pebbled)
- (transitive) To pave with pebbles.
- (transitive, curling) To deposit water droplets on the ice.
- to pebble the ice between games
- (transitive) To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.
- (transitive, graph theory) To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules; see pebble game.
Translations
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boulders
English
Noun
boulders
- plural of boulder
Anagrams
- doublers
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