cobble
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əl verb (used with object), cob·bled, cob·bling.
1.
to mend (shoes, boots, etc.); patch.
2.
to put together roughly or clumsily.
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noun
1.
a cobblestone.
2.
cobbles, coal in lumps larger than a pebble and smaller than a boulder.
verb (used with object)
4.
to pave with cobblestones.
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Cobble
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
noun
New England, New York State, and New Jersey. (especially in placenames) a rounded hill.
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cobble1 (ˈkɒbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | short for cobblestone |
| 2. | geology a rock fragment, often rounded, with a diameter of 64--256 mm and thus smaller than a boulder but larger than a pebble |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to pave (a road) with cobblestones |
| [C15 (in cobblestone): from | |
| 'cobbled1 | |
| —adj | |
| cobble2 (ˈkɒbəl) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or mend (shoes) |
| 2. | to put together clumsily |
| [C15: back formation from | |
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Word Origin & History
cobble
"paving stone," late 14c., probably a dim. of cob.
cobble
"to mend clumsily," 1496, probably from cob, perhaps via a notion of lumps.
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Science Dictionary
| cobble (kŏb'əl) Pronunciation Key
A rock fragment larger than a pebble and smaller than a boulder. Pebbles have a diameter between 64 and 256 mm (2.56 and 10.24 inches) and are often rounded. |
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Example sentences
Evolution is a strange process indeed, to cobble together organisms who so completely and emotionally reject it.
The deposition of silt and debris between the individual rocks or cobble over time contributes to weed growth.
Before, the government had to cobble a majority together from various hanger-on parties.
But given the political realities of the moment, it was all the leaders of the two parties could cobble together.
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