cobble

Meaning

Noun

1. A cobblestone.
2. A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
3. A piece of steel that becomes malformed during its manufacture or rolling.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
2. (transitive) To assemble in an improvised way.
3. (intransitive, transitive) To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.

Synonyms

cobblestone

patch

mend

pave

boulder

pebble

sett

shingle

patch up

paving stone

vamp

macadamize

discard

nugget

darn

causeway

condemned stores

piece

revamp

revet

rock

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rubble

off melt

throw-outs

spoil

stone

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throw-away

tinker

vamp up

wacke

waste products

wastrel

whip up

bowlder

rejected material

clumsy mending

kidney-stone

mend roughly

repair clumsily

to put together roughly

off-heat

grait

boulder flint

fieldstone

fill

foozle

fix

gibber

gravel

Translations

pavé

guijarro

acciottolare

paver

flicken

Feldstein

paralelepípedo

remendar

λιθοστρώνω

βότσαλο

adobar

schustern

άτεχνο μπάλωμα

Straßenpflaster

Stein

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɑb.l̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: cobill

In summary

From Middle English cobill, kobill (used in various combinations with ston, stan (“stone”), note, nutt (“nut”), etc.), probably a diminutive of Middle English *cob, *cobb, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kubb- (“lump; round object”). Equivalent to cob + -le.