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rubble

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rub·ble  (rbl)
n.
1. A loose mass of angular fragments of rock or masonry crumbled by natural or human forces.
2.
a. Irregular fragments or pieces of rock used in masonry.
b. The masonry made with such rocks.

[Middle English rubel.]

rubbly adj.

rubble [ˈrʌbəl]
n
1. fragments of broken stones, bricks, etc.
2. any fragmented solid material
3. (Mining & Quarrying) Quarrying the weathered surface layer of rock
4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) Also called rubblework masonry constructed of broken pieces of rock, stone, etc.
[C14 robyl; perhaps related to Middle English rubben to rub, or to rubbish]
rubbly  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.rubblerubble - the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
rubbish, trash, scrap - worthless material that is to be disposed of
slack - dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve

rubble
noun wreckage, remains, ruins, debris Thousands of bodies are still buried under the rubble.
Translations
rubble [ˈrʌbl] Nescombros mpl
the town was reduced to rubbleel pueblo quedó reducido a escombros

rubble [ˈrʌbəl] n
(from ruined or demolished building)décombres mpl
(for use in construction work)gravats mpl
rub-down [ˈrʌbdaʊn] n
to give sb a rub-down → frictionner qn
to give a horse a rub-down → bouchonner un cheval

rubble
nTrümmer pl; (smaller pieces) → Schutt m; (Geol) → Geröll nt

rubble [ˈrʌbl] ndetriti mpl; (smaller) → pietrisco; (of building) → macerie fpl
the building was reduced to a heap of rubble → l'edificio era ridotto a un cumulo di macerie
rubble [ˈrʌbl] ndetriti mpl; (smaller) → pietrisco; (of building) → macerie fpl
the building was reduced to a heap of rubble → l'edificio era ridotto a un cumulo di macerie

rubble
n rubble [ˈrabl]
small pieces of stone, brick etc. rommel, bourommel كُسارَة الحِجارَه، دَبْش натрошен камък štěrk murbrok der Schutt πετραδάκι escombros, cascajo kiviprügi خرده سنگ؛ قلوه سنگ kivimurska gravats הֲרִיסוֹת छोटे अनगढ़े पत्थर krhotine opeke (kamenja) kőtörmelék puing grjótmulningur breccia かけら 잡석 plytgaliai, skalda šķembas puing steenslag knust stein, pukk gruz entulho moloz щебень štrk grušč šut grus เศษหินเศษปูน moloz taşı 碎石 кругляк; галька ٹوٹے ہوءے اینٹ پتھر viên sỏi


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Slowly I thrust myself out through the red weed, and stood upon the mound of rubble.
They were forced to content themselves with those four stretches of rubble work, backed with sandstone, and a wretched stone gibbet, meagre and bare, on one side.
I noticed as I felt about the floor in the dim light that there was a pile of fresh-turned rubble there.
 
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