pebble.
A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
Meaning & usage
A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.
Transparent and colourless rock crystal.
Brazilian pebble
A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains.
A small piece of crack cocaine.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pibel (also in pibleston), from Old English papolstān (“pebble-stone”), from Old English *papol, *pyppel, *pæbbel of unknown origin + Old English stān. Compare Albanian popël.
To pave with pebbles.
To deposit water droplets on the ice.
To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.
To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules, in a pebble game.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pibel (also in pibleston), from Old English papolstān (“pebble-stone”), from Old English *papol, *pyppel, *pæbbel of unknown origin + Old English stān. Compare Albanian popël.
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