pebble
English
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Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English papol, in papolstān. Apparently close to Albanian popël.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛbəl
Noun
pebble (countable and uncountable, plural pebbles)
- A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
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- children gathering pebbles on the shore
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- (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
stone
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rock fragment between 4 and 64 millimetres in diameter
small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice
Verb
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- (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
To pave with pebbles
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To deposit water droplets on the ice
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɛbəl
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
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