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Definitions for Pebble

[1] a small, rounded stone, especially one worn smooth by the action of water.
[2] Also called pebble leather . leather that has been given a granulated surface.
[3] any granulated or crinkled surface, especially of a textile.
[4] a transparent colorless rock crystal used for the lenses of eyeglasses.
[5] a lens made from this crystal.
[6] to prepare (leather) so as to have a granulated surface.
[7] to pelt with or as with pebbles.
[8] a small smooth rounded stone, esp one worn by the action of water geology a rock fragment, often rounded, with a diameter of 4–64 mm and thus smaller than a cobble but larger than a granule
[9] a transparent colourless variety of rock crystal, used for making certain lenses such a lens
[10] (modifier) informal (of a lens or of spectacles) thick, with a high degree of magnification or distortion
[11] a grainy irregular surface, esp on leather leather having such a surface
[12] informal , mainly Australian a troublesome or obstinate person or animal
[13] to pave, cover, or pelt with pebbles
[14] to impart a grainy surface to (leather)

Words related to Pebble

metal, rubble, lava, earth, gravel, slab, crystal, grain, rock, gem, mineral, pill, bullet, quarry, shelf, crust, promontory, mass, bedrock, reef

Words nearby Pebble

peau d'orange, peau de soie, peavey, peavy, peba, pebble, pebble dash, pebble garden, pebble heater, pebbling, pebbly

Origin of Pebble

1250–1300; Middle English pibbil, puble, pobble; compare Old English pæbbel (in place names), papel-, popel- (in compounds); phonological relations unclear

Words that may be confused with Pebble

boulder, cobblestone, granule, pebble, rock, stone

Other words from Pebble

un·peb·bled , adjective

Word origin for Pebble

Old English papolstān, from papol- (perhaps of imitative origin) + stān stone

Synonyms for Pebble

earth, gravel, lava, metal, rubble, slab, bedrock, boulder, cobblestone, crag, crust, lodge, mass, mineral, ore, promontory, quarry, reef, shelf, slag