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Definition: Cobble |
CobbleNoun1. Rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads. Verb1. Pave with cobblestones. 2. Repair or mend; "cobble shoes". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cobble" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1599. (references) |
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Geological | Loose particles of rock or mineral (sediment) that range in size from 64 - 256 millimeters in diameter. Cobbles are a size of gravel larger than pebbles, but smaller than boulders. (references) |
Metallurgy | A defect which results in undue distortion in a rolled piece, and usually leads to rejection. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A usually rounded or semirounded rock fragment between 3 to 12 in (76 to 305 mm) in diameter; large than a pebble and smaller than a boulder, rounded or otherwise abraded in the course of aqueous, eolian, or glacial transport. Syn:cobblestoneb. Eng. Small lump coal. See also:cob coal. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | COBBLE. A kind of boat. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: CobbleSynonyms: cobblestone (n), sett (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Restoration | Repair; put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair; retouch, refashion, botch, vamp, tinker, cobble; do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up; darn, finedraw, heelpiece; stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cobble |
| English words defined with "cobble": Cobbled. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cobble": COBBLE COLTER ♦ pipe processor ♦ SKELP PROCESSOR. (references) |
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 | Grindstone Point on Schoodic Head. Cobble beach lying between tabular outcroppings of exfoliated granite. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Mosquito Cove cobble beach showing progressive landward migration of shoreline. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Cobble habitat is tossed into North River to replace storm water sediments on the river bottom. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Volunteers place two sizes of rock at the site, large and small cobble. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | A juvenile American Lobster in natural cobble habitat in Rhode Island waters. The blue coloring in lobsters is thought to occur when the crustacean eats primarily one type of food in the lab. However, blue lobsters are occasionally found in the wild as a genetic anomaly. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | A close-up of the sand bags, cobble and jute matting used to reconfigure the channel. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Cobble beach community at Potter Cove on Prudence Island. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | A tagged lizard-fish of Synodontidae family on sandy cobble bottom. These fish are voracious predators. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |
 | Cobble Beach and Colony Rock near Yaquina Head. Credit: BLM. |  | A large storm wave at Cobble Beach in the Yaquina Head ONA. Credit: BLM. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Cobble" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Cobble" is used about 30 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 50% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (singular) | 30% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 13.33% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 30 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "cobble" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Cobble | Last name | 1,000 | 13,831 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "cobble": cobble shoes ♦ cobble together ♦ cobble up. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "cobble": cobble-stoned, cobble-stones, cobble-strewn. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "cobble"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shtroj me kalldrëm, meremetoj (doctor, fix, mend, patch up, refit, repair), gur (boulder, calculus, piece, rock, stone), arnoj (doctor, mend, patch, vamp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | صنع بطريقة خرقاء, رقع (botch, patch, piece, repair, sew), رصف (alignment, be compact, collocate, collocation, dress, pave, paving, wharf), بلاط (court, flagstones). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | грубо зашиване, застилам път с обли камъни, заоблен камък, лошо свършена работа, поправям (adjust, alter, amend, blue pencil, castigate, correct, do up, doctor, emend, fix, fix up, mend, polish, recast, recondition, rectify, redeem, redress, remedy, renovate, repair, retouch, retrieve, revamp, revise, service, true, vamp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 大卵石 (cobbles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | valoun (nugget, roller, rubble), dlažební kámen (paving stone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stukket valseemne, strandsten (boulder, pebble), småsten (boulder, pebble), rullesten (boulder, pebble, shingle), boelger (buckle, burn, kink, water mark, waviness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kei (boulder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vierinkivi (boulder), siirtolohkare (boulder, erratic, erratic block, erratic boulder, glacial erratic, pebble, stray block), pieni sileä kivi (boulder, pebble), mukulakivi (cobblestone), kivi (stone), iso vierinkivi (boulder, pebble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pavé (cobblestone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | flicken (botch, darn, mend, odds and ends, patch, patch up, repair, tinker, to botch, to cobble, to mend, vamp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κροκάλα (boulder, pebble, shingle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | folyamkavics, utcakő, nagy kavics, macskakő (flag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | batu (rock, stone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ciottolo (cobblestone, pebble, silicic, stone), serpente (serpent, snake), rattoppare (botch, mend, patch, patch up, tinker), ondulazione (ripple, undulation, wave), increspatura (ripple, ruffle), incidente di laminazione, acciottolare, acciabattare, "soffietto". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 丸石 (boulder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | まるいし (boulder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | whaaley (clincher nail, clinchnail, seam, sew, stitch, suture), mooirlaig (sea-worn stone), bwaag (booth, bower, cabin, round stone; shed, small shop, tent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | reparere, brolegge. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | obblecay carvão gigante (cobblestone), calhau (jack-stone, pebble, pebble-stone, stone), remendar calçado, pedras, pavimentar com godos, paralelipípedo (cobblestone), ondulação na linha de rebobinagem, godo (goth). (various references) cãrbuni bucãţi, cârpi (botch, bungle, darn, mend, patch up, piece, repair, spoil, stitch up, vamp, vamp up), cârpãcealã (botching, patchwork, vamp), repara (darn, doctor, fix, fix up, make amends for, make good, mend, overhaul, piece, readjust, reclaim, rectify, redress, reduce, refit, renovate, repair, retrieve), piatrã de pavã, pava (pave, stone, surface), bolovan (block, boulder). (various references) крупный уголь (cobbles, cobblestones), грубая заплата, мостить булыжником (pebble), булыжник (paving stone, pebble, rubble). (various references) kaldrmisati, kaldrma (paver, paving stone). (various references) guijarro (cobblestone, pebble, scree). (various references) lappa (clout, patch). (various references) ปะหรือซ่อม (เช่น รองเท้า). (various references) yuvarlak kaya parçası, uyduruvermek (concoct, extemporize, make up, rig, rig up, rustle up), tamir etmek (debug, do up, fix, mend, recondition, redintegrate, refit, rehabilitate, renovate, repair, service, tinker up), taşla kaplamak, taş döşemek (lay flagstones, pitch, stone), pençe vurmak (sole, tap), parke taşı (cobblestone, cube, paving stone), kaldırım taşı (cobblestone, cube, curbstone, flag, flagstone, paving stone, sett), kabaca birleştirmek, arnavut kaldırımı. (various references) робити аби-як, кругляк (cobblestone, roll, rubble), грубо лагодити, груба латка (bodge), мостити (causeway), булижник (cobblestone). (various references) sỏi (cobble-stone). (various references) crydda. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "cobble": cobbled, cobbler, cobblers, cobbles, cobblestone, cobblestoned, cobblestones. (additional references) | |
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"Cobble" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cabble, cible, Cobbet, cobbie, Cobbleigh, Cobbley, cobbly, cobel, Cobella, cobil, cobla, coblet, cobne, comble, couble, jobble, Scobbie, scubble. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cobble" (pronounced kÄ"bul) |
| 4 | -Ä" b u l | gobble, hobble, squabble, wobble. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, abominable, acceptable, accessible, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amble, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, assemble, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, babble, Babel, bankable, bauble, bearable, believable, bible, billable, biodegradable, bramble, breakable, bubble, buildable, Bumble, burnable, cable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, coble, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, corbel, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, crumble, culpable, curable, cymbal, dabble, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, Dibble, digestible, disable, disagreeable, disassemble, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, dissemble, distinguishable, divisible, doable, double, Drabble, dribble, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enable, enfeeble, enforceable, enjoyable, ennoble, ensemble, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fable, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, feeble, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, foible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fumble, fungible, fusible, gable, gamble, Garble, global, Gribble, grumble, gullible, habitable, hardscrabble, harvestable, herbal, heritable, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, humble, identifiable, ignoble, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immeasurable, immiscible, immobile, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intertribal, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, jumble, justifiable, kibble, knowledgeable, label, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, libel, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marble, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, mislabel, mobile, moldable, movable, mumble, navigable, negligible, negotiable, nibble, nimble, noble, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, nonverbal, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, pebble, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, preamble, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, psychobabble, punishable, questionable, quibble, quotable, rabble, ramble, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, reassemble, rebel, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redouble, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, relabel, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resemble, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, salable, saleable, salvageable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, shamble, Sibyl, sizable, sizeable, sociable, soluble, solvable, spendable, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, symbol, table, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, thimble, timetable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, tunable, turntable, typeable, umbel, unable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unscramble, unserviceable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, valuable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verbal, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, wamble, washable, wearable, winnable, workable. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-c-e-l-o" | |
-1 letter: coble. | |
-2 letters: bleb, blob, bloc, bole, cobb, cole, lobe. | |
-3 letters: bel, bob, cel, cob, col, ebb, lob, obe, ole. | |
-4 letters: be, bo, el, lo, oe. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b-c-e-l-o" | |
+1 letter: clobber, cobbled, cobbler, cobbles. | |
+2 letters: clobbers, cobblers. | |
+3 letters: clobbered, cubbyhole. | |
+4 letters: clobbering, combinable, cubbyholes. | |
+5 letters: bibliopegic, bibliotheca, blackbodies, blockbuster, breechblock, cobblestone, combustible. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 62 62 6C 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- -... -... .-.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01100010 01100010 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o b b l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0062 0062 006C 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)378168687871 |
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