kibble

kib·ble ¹  (kbl)

n.

An iron bucket used in wells or mines for hoisting water, ore, or refuse to the surface.

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[Probably from German Kübel, pail, from Middle High German, from Old High German -chubl (in miluhchubl, milk pail), from Vulgar Latin *cupia, from Latin cpa, vat.]

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kib·ble ²  (kbl)

tr.v. kib·bled, kib·bling, kib·bles

To crush or grind (grain, for example) coarsely.

n.

Meal ground by this process and used in the form of pellets especially for pet food.

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[Origin unknown.]

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kibble¹

n

(Mining & Quarrying) Brit a bucket used in wells or in mining for hoisting

[from German Kübel; related to Old English cyfel, ultimately from Medieval Latin cuppa cup]

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kibble²

vb

(tr) to grind into small pieces

n

US and Canadian ground meal formed into pellets and used as pet food

[of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	kibble - coarsely ground grain in the form of pellets (as for pet food) meal - coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
	2.	kibble - an iron bucket used for hoisting in wells or mining bucket, pail - a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top