rubble (redirected from rubbled)

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.

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[Middle English rubel.]

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rubbly adj.

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rubble [ˈrʌb^əl]

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

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rubble - Comes from Anglo-Norman robel, "bits of broken stone," from earlier French robe, "loot, odds and ends stolen."

See also related terms for odds.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

rubble - the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up debris, detritus, junk, dust 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

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rubble

noun wreckage, remains, ruins, debris Thousands of bodies are still buried under the rubble.

Translations

rubble [ˈrʌbl] N → escombros mpl
the town was reduced to rubble → el pueblo quedó reducido a escombros

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rubble [ˈrʌb^əl] 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

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rubble

n → Trümmer pl; (smaller pieces) → Schutt m; (Geol) → Geröll nt

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rubble [ˈrʌbl] n → detriti 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

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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 碎石