Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cribble

/ˈkɹɪbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crib-ble
IPA: /ˈkɹɪbəl/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A coarse sieve or screen.

noun

Coarse flour or meal.

verb

To pass something through a sieve.

adj

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Bread made of the whole Wheat is sometime called Cribble or fine Ravel Bread"
"1849, Henry Bullinger, H. I (translator), The Decades The gardens, with digging for novelties, are turned over and over, because we will not eat common cribble bread."

Etymology

Borrowed from French crible, from Late Latin criblus (“sieve”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: crible, criblus

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

cribbles (plural) cribbles (present, singular) cribbling (participle, present) cribbled (participle, past) cribbled (past) more cribble (comparative) most cribble (superlative)

Rhymes With

visible invincible dribble nibble scribble quibble kibble ribble irascible dibble gribble fungible

Questions

How do you pronounce cribble?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɹɪbəl/.
What does cribble mean?: A coarse sieve or screen.
Where does cribble come from?: It is traced to French.

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