Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cobbly

/ˈkɒb(ə)li/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cob-bly
IPA: /ˈkɒb(ə)li/

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a consistency similar to cobbles.

Example Sentences

"We sat alfresco on the edge of a “square,” in reality a pond of cobbly mud with a plinth plonked in its navel […]"

Etymology

From cobble + -y.

Inflected Forms

more cobbly (comparative) most cobbly (superlative)

Rhymes With

wobbly knobbly bobbly squabbly hobbly nobbly gobbly

Questions

How do you pronounce cobbly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɒb(ə)li/.
What does cobbly mean?: Having a consistency similar to cobbles.
Where does cobbly come from?: From cobble + -y.

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