cobble

See also coble

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒb.əl/

  Rhymes: -ɒbəl

Noun

cobble (plural cobbles)

1. A cobblestone.
2. (geology) A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

Translations

cobblestone — see cobblestone

Verb

cobble (third-person singular simple present cobbles, present participle cobbling, simple past and past participle cobbled)

1. (intransitive) To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
2. (transitive) To assemble in an improvised way.

   I cobbled something together to get us through till morning.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.

Translations

to make shoes

• Bulgarian: кърпя обуща
• Finnish: tehdä kenkiä (fi)

• Manx: whaal (gv)
• Welsh: crydda (cy)

to assemble in an improvised manner

• Bulgarian: правя нещо как да е
• Finnish: kursia kasaan (fi)
• Lithuanian: kurpti (lt)

• Russian: топорно (ru) (toporno) собирать (ru) (sobiratʹ)
• Spanish: ensamblar (es)

to use cobblestones for paving

• Finnish: kivetä mukulakivillä (fi), mukulakivetä (fi)

• Russian: мостить (ru) (mostitʹ)