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rubble
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ruhb
-
uh
l
or, for 3, 4,
roo
-b
uh
l
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rub·ble
/
ˈrʌb
əl
or, for 3, 4,
ˈru
bəl
/
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[
ruhb
-
uh
l
or, for 3, 4,
roo
-b
uh
l
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
broken bits and pieces of anything, as that
which
is demolished:
Bombing reduced the town to rubble.
2.
any solid substance, as ice, in irregularly broken pieces.
3.
rough fragments of broken stone, formed by geological processes, in quarrying, etc., and sometimes used in masonry.
4.
masonry built of rough fragments of broken stone.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
rubel, robil
< ?;
compare
rubbish
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What was once an archaeological treasure and tour stop became a moonscape of craters and rubble.
Note the coral rubble in the foreground, which was created by the net dragging on the coral reef.
See incredible footage of the tsunami swamping cities and turning buildings into rubble.
Soldiers shoveled rubble while residents lined up belongings.
Your own street is a clutter of rubble and collapsed buildings.
He filled it with smooth rock instead of the usual rubble.
After the quake she helped lug the conservatory's grand pianos from the rubble.
And they've searched through piles of rubble after earthquakes and other disasters.
The plucked rubble sticks to the bottom of the glacier.
Two were killed, and their office and warehouse of supplies were both reduced to rubble.
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rubble
(ˈrʌb
ə
l)
—
n
1.
fragments of broken stones, bricks, etc
2.
any fragmented solid material, esp the debris from ruined buildings
3.
quarrying
the weathered surface layer of rock
4.
Also called:
rubblework
masonry constructed of broken pieces of rock, stone, etc
[C14
robyl
; perhaps related to Middle English
rubben
to rub, or to
rubbish
]
'rubbly
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
rubble
c.1400, from Anglo-Norm. *robel "bits of broken stone," probably related to
rubbish
, but also possibly from O.Fr. robe (see
rob
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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"All the old supports going, gone, this man reaches out a hand to steady himself on a ledge of rough brick that is warm in the sun: his hand feeds him messages of solidity, but his mind messages of destruction, for this breathing substance, made of earth, will be a dance of atoms, he knows it, his intelligence tells him so: there will soon be war, he is in the middle of war, where he stands will be a waste, mounds of rubble, and this solid earthy substance will be a film of dust on ruins."
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