pebbly

peb·ble (p

1. A small stone, especially one worn smooth by erosion.

a. Clear colorless quartz; rock crystal.

b. A lens made of such quartz.

3. Geology A rock fragment between 4 and 64 millimeters (0.16 and 2.51 inches) in diameter, especially one that has been naturally rounded.

4. An irregularly rough, grainy surface, as on leather or paper.

tr.v. peb·bled, peb·bling, peb·bles

1. To pave with pebbles.

2. To impart an irregularly rough, grainy surface to (leather or paper).

3. To pelt with pebbles.

[Middle English pobble, pibel, pebul, from Old English papol- (as in papolstn, pebblestone).]

pebbly adj.

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Adj.

pebbly - abounding in small stones; "landed at a shingly little beach"

gravelly, shingly

rough, unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"

Translations

pebbly [ˈpeblɪ] ADJ → guijarroso

pebbly

adj → steinig

pebbly [ˈpɛblɪ] adj (beach) → di ciottoli

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Beach
beached
gravel
Graveling
gravelled
gravelly
laughter
pebble
rocky
Seascapes
shingly

Here one might gaze up the green rocky defile through which the Sly made pebbly music, and through which wound romantic walks and natural galleries, where far inland you might wander

The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context

Their road curved a little to the sea, and at its last bend they were close to the pebbly ridge on which the Tower was built.

The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context

The Froom waters were clear as the pure River of Life shown to the Evangelist, rapid as the shadow of a cloud, with pebbly shallows that prattled to the sky all day long.

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context

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