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cobble
1[kob-uhl]
verb (used with object)
to mend (shoes, boots, etc.); patch.
to put together roughly or clumsily.
cobble
2[kob-uhl]
noun
a cobblestone.
cobbles, coal in lumps larger than a pebble and smaller than a boulder.
Metalworking.
a defect in a rolled piece resulting from loss of control over its movement.
Slang.a piece showing bad workmanship.
verb (used with object)
to pave with cobblestones.
cobble
3[kob-uhl]
noun
New England, New York State, and New Jersey.(especially in placenames) a rounded hill.
cobble
1/ ˈɒə /
noun
short for cobblestone
geology a rock fragment, often rounded, with a diameter of 64–256 mm and thus smaller than a boulder but larger than a pebble
verb
(tr) to pave (a road) with cobblestones
cobble
2/ ˈɒə /
verb
to make or mend (shoes)
to put together clumsily
cobble
A rock fragment larger than a pebble and smaller than a boulder. Pebbles have a diameter between 64 and 256 mm (2.56 and 10.24 inches) and are often rounded.
Other Word Forms
- ˈDz adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of cobble2
Word History and Origins
Origin of cobble1
Origin of cobble2
Example Sentences
Social workers cobbled together the tiny bit of information they could legally share: his height and weight, his estimated age, his date of admission, the place where he was found.
On the eve of the referendum, students in Rome wrote a call to the polls on the cobbles of a city square.
The effort seemed cobbled together by someone who typed “sanctuary” and a city’s name into Google and swallowed whatever the AI spat up without even bothering to cross-check with Wikipedia.
We cobbled together a rough pitch for 20th Century Fox, a studio I had worked with before that had always supported my ideas.
But building such developments without grower investment requires local governments to cobble together financing, which can be difficult for rural communities.
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