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kib·ble 1 (k b  l)n. An iron bucket used in wells or mines for hoisting water, ore, or refuse to the surface.
[Probably from German Kübel, pail, from Middle High German, from Old High German -chubl (in miluhchubl, milk pail), from Vulgar Latin *cupia, from Latin c pa, vat.] |
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.
[Origin unknown.] |
kibble1n (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]
kibble2vb (tr) to grind into small pieces n US and Canadian ground meal formed into pellets and used as pet food [of unknown origin]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | 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 miningbucket, pail - a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top |
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