cobble
/ˈkɑ.bəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.72 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A cobblestone.
noun
A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
noun
Alternative form of coble (“a kind of fishing-boat”).
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "The narrow streets that twist and turn through the compact heart of Dent are surfaced with cobbles which, in the absence of pavements, spread right across from doorstep to doorstep."
- "These men are located near the rolls in a pulpit, which is usually completely inclosed with heavy close-meshed netting or boiler plate, so that if a cobble occurs they will be protected from the rods which fly in all directions on such occasions."
- "The ideal control which they offer the reversing motor is such, when a cobble might be made in the steel mill, the metal can be handled gently, and very often the ingot saved."
- "In practical mill work a roller often has to wait days and sometimes weeks before he can catch this condition, as he could not consider the stopping of production while he made a cobble in some particular roll pass that was giving him trouble, and it is mainly by studying the cobbles that the action of the steel can be observed and studied."
- "Cameras pointed between stands could be saved for 5 or 7 days, enough to troubleshoot cobble or off-level mills."
- "I cobbled something together to get us through till morning."
Etymology
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. Cognate to North Germanic kubb-, kobb- (“round object, bulge, heap, islet, seal, bowler hat, etc”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑ.bəl/
- British English: /ˈkɒb.əl/