pebble

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

pebbles

1.
(countable, uncountable)A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
2.
(countable, uncountable)(geology) A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
3.
(countable, uncountable)(curling) A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.
4.
(countable, uncountable)Transparent and colourless rock crystal.
Brazilian pebble
5.
(countable, uncountable)A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains.
Đồng nghĩa: cube powder, prismatic powder
6.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A small piece of crack cocaine.
Đồng nghĩa: peb

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

pebbles

V_ing/Gerund

pebbling

V_ed/pp

pebbled

1.
(transitive)To pave with pebbles.
2.
(transitive)(transitive, curling) To deposit water droplets on the ice.
to pebble the ice between games
3.
(transitive)To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.
4.
(transitive)(transitive, graph theory) To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules, in a pebble game.

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Đồng nghĩa

cube powderprismatic powderpeb

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pebblelesspebblelikepebblerpebblesnailpebblestone pebblewarepebble dashpebble lenspebble millpebble plantpebble toadpebble-bed reactorpebble-dashsnatch the pebblepebblypebble in one's shoe

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English pibel (also in pibleston), from Old English papolstān (pebble-stone), from Old English *papol, *pyppel, *pæbbel of origin + Old English stān. Compare popël.