Cobble

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A cobblestone.
  • n. Geology A rock fragment between 64 and 256 millimeters in diameter, especially one that has been naturally rounded.
  • n. See cob coal.
  • v. To pave with cobblestones.
  • v. To make or mend (boots or shoes).
  • v. To put together clumsily; bungle: cobbled a plan together at the last minute.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A cobblestone.
  • n. A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
  • v. To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
  • v. To assemble in an improvised way.
  • v. To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A fishing boat. See coble.
  • n. A cobblestone.
  • n. Cob coal. See under Cob.
  • v. To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch.
  • v. To make clumsily.
  • v. To pave with cobblestones.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A stone rounded by the action of water, and of a size suitable for use in paving. Smaller stones of the same character are usually called pebbles, and larger ones boulders. Also called cobblestone, cobstone.
  • n. A rounded hill.
  • n. A round nut like a cobble. See cobnut.
  • n. A kernel or stone (of fruit, etc.).
  • n. A lump of coal from the size of an egg to that of a foot-ball.
  • n. An icicle.
  • To mend or patch (especially shoes or boots).
  • Hence To put together, make, or do clumsily, unhandily, or coarsely.
  • To work as a cobbler; work clumsily.
  • n. See coble.
  • n. A name for the red-throated diver, Colymbus septentrionalis.
  • n. In general, any piece of iron or steel which is wasted during rolling or forging: specifically, an imperfectly puddled ball of iron which goes to pieces in the squeezer.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. repair or mend
  • n. rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
  • v. pave with cobblestones
  • Verb Form
    cobbled    cobbles    cobbling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fix    restore    mend    furbish up    touch on    repair    bushel    doctor    paving stone    pave   
    Variant
    coble    cob   
    Form
    cobbled    cobbling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cobblestone    patch    botch    stone    pave    repair   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Nobile    gobble    hobble    squabble    wobble   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts