pebble

  • 1Pebble — Peb ble, n. [AS. papolst[=a]n; cf. L. papula pimple, mote. See {Stone}.] 1. A small roundish stone or bowlder; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone. The pebbles on the hungry beach. Shak. [1913 Webster] As… …

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  • 2Pebble — bezeichnet eine Insel, siehe Pebble Island mehrerer Townships, siehe Pebble Township Siehe auch: Pebbles Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrer …

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  • 3pebble — [peb′əl] n. [ME pobble < OE papol (stan), popol (stan), pebble (stone), prob. of echoic orig.] 1. a) a small stone worn smooth and round, as by the action of water b) Geol. such a stone, smaller than a cobblestone, with a maximum diameter of… …

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  • 4pebble — ► NOUN 1) a small stone made smooth and round by the action of water or sand. 2) (before another noun ) informal with very thick lenses: pebble glasses. DERIVATIVES pebbly adjective. ORIGIN Old English …

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  • 5Pebble — Peb ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pebbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pebbling}.] To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 6pebble — late 13c., from O.E. papolstan pebblestone, of unknown origin …

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  • 7pebble — n. 1 a small smooth stone worn by the action of water. 2 a a type of colourless transparent rock crystal used for spectacles. b a lens of this. c (attrib.) colloq. (of a spectacle lens) very thick and convex. 3 an agate or other gem, esp. when… …

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  • 8pebble — /ˈpɛbəl / (say pebuhl) noun 1. a small, rounded stone, especially one worn by the action of water. 2. pebbled leather, or its granulated surface. 3. a transparent, colourless rock crystal used for the lenses of spectacles. 4. a lens made of it. 5 …

  • 9Pebble — A pebble is a clast of rock with a particle size of 4 to 64 millimeters based on the Krumbein phi scale of sedimentology. It is generally described to be larger than gravel and smaller than cobble. A rock made predominantly of pebbles is termed a …

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  • 10pebble — noun a small stone made smooth and round by the action of water or sand. adjective informal (of a spectacle lens) very thick and convex. Derivatives pebbled adjective pebbly adjective Origin OE, recorded as the first element of papel stān pebble… …

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