rubble
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)The broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)(geology) A mass or stratum of fragments of rock lying under the alluvium and derived from the neighbouring rock.
- 3.
(UK, countable, dialectal, in plural, uncountable)(UK, dialect, in the plural) The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To break down into rubble.
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Middle English rouble,rubel,robel,robeil, from *robel (bits of broken stone). Presumably related to rubbish, originally of same meaning (waste material, bits of stone, rubble). Ultimately presumably from Old Norse rubba, from Proto-Germanic *rubbōną (to rub, scrape), related to *reufaną (to tear), *raubōną (to rob, steal, plunder), perhaps via Old French robe (English rob (steal)) in sense of “plu…