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"PEBBLES" is a plural of: pebble. |
Date "PEBBLES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | For a young woman to dream of a pebble-strewn walk, she will be vexed with many rivals and find that there are others with charms that attract besides her own. She who dreams of pebbles is selfish and should cultivate leniency towards others' faults. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Prediction | Coscinomancy; by a suspended ring, Dactyliomancy; by dots made at random on paper, Geomancy; by precious stones, Lithomancy; by pebbles, Pessomancy; by pebbles drawn from a heap, Psephomancy; by mirrors, Catoptromancy; by writings in ashes, Tephramancy; by dreams, Oneiromancy; by the hand, Palmistry, Chiromancy; by nails reflecting the sun's rays, Onychomancy; by finger rings, Dactylomancy; by numbers, Arithmancy; by drawing lots, Sortilege; by passages in books, Stichomancy; by the letters forming the name of the person, Onomancy, Nomancy; by the features, Anthroposcopy; by the mode of laughing, Geloscopy; by ventriloquism, Gastromancy; by walking in a circle, Gyromancy; by dropping melted wax into water, Ceromancy; by currents, Bletonism; by the color and peculiarities of wine, Oenomancy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: PEBBLES |
| English words defined with "PEBBLES": Augrim stones ♦ Cascalho, casting lots, causeway, Chessil, Chisley, crushed rock ♦ draw, drawing lots ♦ embedded ♦ flintstone ♦ gravel, Graywacke ♦ Jackstone ♦ lot ♦ Mason shell ♦ Pebbled, Pebblestone, potter bee, Prian ♦ shingle, shingling, sortition. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "PEBBLES": Abbe tube mill, aerofall mill, alluvial tin ♦ ball milling, banket, beach cusp ♦ Chinaman pebble, chuckie stone, CRUSHER OPERATOR ♦ Danish flint pebbles, desert pavement, desert varnish ♦ fine grinding ♦ grinding pebbles ♦ hamada, hamadet, hammada, hammadah, hammadat, hard-rock phosphate ♦ imbricate structure ♦ josephinite ♦ marine bed ♦ nedj ♦ pebble armor, pebble gravel ♦ quartz conglomerate ♦ river pebble, rock desert, rock matrix, rodding ♦ Stone, stone desert, Stones ♦ teasing rods, TRANSPLANTER, ORCHID, TUMBLER OPERATOR ♦ wet milling. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | We were just holding hands. Your stalker has been throwing pebbles at your window for the past 15 minutes or maybe you didn't hear me because the music was so loud (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971) White Pebbles (1927) Dino and Bamm Bamm Pebbles (1979) | |
Song Titles | Girlfriend (performing artist: Pebbles) Giving You The Benefit (performing artist: Pebbles) Mercedes Boy (performing artist: Pebbles) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | A pebbles on the beach near the port of Galilee. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Birch Island beach showing gradation of sediment from coarse pebbles to sand as one moves up from the shoreline. Seaweed is evident along "rack" line showing furthest extent of normal high tide. Wildflower seeds float in on algae and take root helping preserve sediment. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | A Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus vivosus) sitting on pebbles. Credit: Unknown. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Pebbles on the beach" by Andrew J. Whale (Syntaxica) Commentary: "A shot taken at kilve beach in Somerset, where pebbles are abundant." | "Wet pebbles 1" by Claire Jones Commentary: "Pebbley textures." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Robert Green Ingersoll | Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed. |
Sir Thomas Browne | Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Alice in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | But she had not long to doubt, for the next moment a shower of little pebbles came rattling in at the window, and some of them hit her in the face |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | In each bladder was a small quantity of dried pease, or little pebbles (as I was afterwards informed) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "PEBBLES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 94.58% of the time. "PEBBLES" is used about 295 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 |
| Noun (plural) | 94.58% | 279 | 17,495 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.08% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.34% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 295 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "PEBBLES" 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 |
| Pebbles | Last name | 130 | 61,279 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
fruity pebbles.com | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "PEBBLES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | ral (shingle), malelegeme (balls, bars, grinding media). (various references) | |
Dutch | platte ronde stenen (shingle), maallichamen (balls, bars, grinding media), kiezelsteentjes (rocks). (various references) | |
French | pebbles, galets, corps broyants (grinding pebbles). (various references) | |
German | Kieselsteine (shingle). (various references) | |
Greek | χαλίκια (gravel, rubble). (various references) | |
Indonesian | batu-batuan (boulders, rocklike). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | tuapat. (various references) | |
Italian | peebles, palle (balls, bars, grinding media), sfere (balls, bars, grinding media), sassi (balls, bars, grinding media, rocks), granellini, corpi macinanti (balls, bars, grinding media), ciottoli (shingle), cilindretti (balls, bars, grinding media). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 砂礫 , 砂利 (ballast, gravel), 砂利 (ballast, gravel). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | されき, じゃり (ballast, gravel). (various references) | |
Manx | shillee (building aggregate, gravel, shingle). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ebblespay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | corpos moentes (balls, bars, grinding media). (various references) | |
Spanish | elementos triturantes (balls, bars, grinding media), cantos rodados (shingle), balasto (ballast, gravel). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"PEBBLES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ebbels, Ebble, Ebles, Pemble, Prebbles, publrs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "PEBBLES" (pronounced pe"bulz) |
| 5 | -e" b u l z | rebels. |
| 4 | -b u l z | ables, ambles, assembles, constables, convertibles, barbels, baubles, bibles, brambles, bubbles, cables, cannibals, collectibles, compatibles, crumbles, cymbals, dabbles, decibels, deductibles, disables, disposables, doubles, durables, edibles, enables, ensembles, fables, foibles, fumbles, gables, gambles, gribbles, grumbles, hobbles, humbles, imponderables, intangibles, invisibles, labels, marbles, Miserables, mobiles, Mumbles, nibbles, nobles, nondurables, notables, observables, parables, payables, portables, quibbles, receivables, recyclables, resembles, Robles, rubles, rumbles, sables, scrambles, scribbles, shambles, squabbles, stables, stumbles, syllables, symbols, tables, tangibles, taxables, timetables, troubles, tumbles, turntables, untouchables, valuables, variables, vegetables. |
| 3 | -u l z | accruals, acquittals, admirals, advertorials, agrochemicals, angels, angles, animals, ankles, annals, annuals, apostles, apples, appraisals, approvals, archangels, arrivals, arsenals, articles, artiodactyls, australs, axles, continentals, corals, councils, counsels, baffles, bagels, balmorals, barnacles, barrels, battles, beadles, beagles, beetles, befuddles, belittles, betrayals, bicycles, bifocals, bindles, biologicals, biomaterials, biphenyls, bisexuals, boggles, Boodles, boondoggles, bottles, bowels, bristles, brothels, buckles, bugles, bundles, burials, bushels, camels, cancels, candles, capitals, capitols, capsules, cardinals, carnivals, carols, castles, casuals, cathedrals, cereals, channels, chemicals, chisels, chorals, chortles, chronicles, chuckles, circles, colonels, colonials, commercials, confessionals, counterproposals, couples, crackles, cradles, credentials, criminals, cripples, crystals, cubicles, cudgels, cycles, cyclicals, dangles, debacles, decimals, deferrals, denials, dentals, devils, diagonals, dials, diesels, differentials, disciples, dismantles, dismissals, disposals, doodles, dowels, duals, duels, dwindles, eagles, editorials, embezzles, enamels, encyclicals, entitles, entrails, equals, essentials, evangelicals, evils, examples, extraterrestrials, facials, faithfuls, federals, festivals, fiddles, finals, fizzles, flannels, follicles, fossils, freckles, fuels, fundamentals, funerals, funnels, generals, genitals, Gentles, giggles, goggles, Gospels, grackles, granules, grapples, gunnels, guzzles, hackles, handles, hassles, heterosexuals, homosexuals, honeysuckles, hopefuls, hospitals, hostels, hovels, huddles, hurdles, hustles, hymnals, icicles, idles, idols, illegals, immortals, imperils, incidentals, individuals, industrials, infomercials, Ingles, initials, instrumentals, intellectuals, internationals, intervals, jewels, jingles, journals, juggles, jungles, juveniles, kennels, kernels, kestrels, kettles, kittles, knuckles, ladles, laurels, legals, lentils, levels, liberals, littles, locals, madrigals, mammals, mangels, maniples, mantles, manuals, Maples, marshals, marvels, materials, measles, medals, memorials, metacarpals, metals, mickles, microfossils, minerals, mingles, minstrels, miracles, missiles, mistrials, models, moguls, mongols, morals, morsels, mortals, motorcycles, muddles, multinationals, multiples, municipals, murals, muscles, musicals, mussels, muzzles, myrtles, nationals, needles, neoliberals, nestles, nettles, neutrals, nickels, Nickles, nicols, nitriles, nonprofessionals, noodles, nostrils, novels, nozzles, numerals, obstacles, officials, ogles, oodles, oracles, Orientals, originals, ossicles, paddles, panels, panfuls, paralegals, parcels, particles, pedals, peddles, pedestals, pencils, peoples, perennials, perils, periodicals, peripherals, personals, petals, petrels, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, physicals, Pickles, piddles, pimples, pineapples, pistols, pixels, poodles, portals, portrayals, potentials, pretzels, principals, principles, professionals, projectiles, proposals, puddles, pupils, purples, puzzles, quarrels, radials, radicals, raffles, rankles, rascals, rattles, rebuttals, receptacles, recitals, rectangles, recycles, referrals, refusals, regionals, rehearsals, removals, renewals, rentals, reprisals, residuals, revels, reversals, revivals, riddles, rifles, ripples, rituals, rivals, royals, ruffles, runkles, runnels, saddles, samples, sandals, scalpels, scandals, scoundrels, scruples, scuffles, semifinals, sentinels, sequels, serials, settles, shackles, shekels, shingles, shovels, shuffles, shuttles, sickles, signals, singles, skittles, sorrels, sparkles, specials, spectacles, spirals, spirituals, sprinkles, squiggles, squirrels, Staples, startles, stickles, stifles, straddles, struggles, subprincipals, subtitles, supermodels, swindles, swivels, tackles, tangles, Technicals, temples, tentacles, terminals, testicles, testimonials, thistles, throttles, tickles, titles, tonsils, topples, totals, towels, tramples, transsexuals, travels, trials, triangles, tribunals, trickles, trifles, triples, truffles, tunnels, turtles, tussles, tutorials, twinkles, uncles, unicycles, unravels, upheavals, utensils, vandals, varietals, vassals, vehicles, vessels, vials, vigils, visuals, vittles, vocals, vowels, waffles, wattles, weevils, whistles, winkles, withdrawals, wrangles, wrestles, wrinkles. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-e-e-l-p-s" | |
-1 letter: bleeps, pebble, plebes. | |
-2 letters: beeps, blebs, bleep, peels, peles, plebe, plebs, sleep, speel. | |
-3 letters: beep, bees, bels, bleb, ebbs, eels, else, lees, peel, pees, pele, pleb, seel, seep. | |
-4 letters: bee, bel, ebb, eel, els, lee, pee, pes, see, sel. | |
-5 letters: be, el, es, pe. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b-e-e-l-p-s" | |
+2 letters: pebbliest. | |
+5 letters: bibliopegies. | |
| 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. | |
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