cobble

See also: coble

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑb.l̩/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒb.əl/

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• Rhymes: -ɒbəl

Noun

cobble ‎(plural cobbles)

1. A cobblestone.
2. (geology) A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
3. Alternative form of coble (a kind of fishing-boat)

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

• Manx: whaal
• Welsh: crydda

to assemble in an improvised manner

• Bulgarian: правя нещо как да е
• Finnish: kursia kasaan
• Lithuanian: kurpti

• Russian: топорно (ru) ‎(toporno) собира́ть (ru) ‎(sobirátʹ)
• Spanish: ensamblar (es)

to use cobblestones for paving

• Czech: dláždit (cs)
• Finnish: kivetä mukulakivillä (fi), mukulakivetä

• Russian: мостить (ru) ‎(mostitʹ)