name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cobble
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒb.əl/
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General-American: /ˈkɑ.bəl/
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General-American: [ˈkɑ.bl̩]
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Canada: /ˈkɒb.əl/
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Australian: /ˈkɔb.əl/
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Australian: /ˈkɒb.əl/
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rhymes with -ɒbəl
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CMU ARPABET: K AA1 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A cobblestone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A piece of steel that becomes malformed during its manufacture or rolling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing
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noun
Meaning 5
Alternative form of coble (“a kind of fishing-boat”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
Meaning 6
To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To assemble in an improvised way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- I cobbled something together to get us through till morning.
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verb
Meaning 8
To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
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noun
Meaning 9
rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cobblestone, sett
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: paving stone
verb
Meaning 10
repair or mend
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- cobble shoes
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
verb
Meaning 11
pave with cobblestones
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cobblestone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pave
History
Etymology
* As an English surname, variant of Coble. * As a German surname, Americanized from Kobel.
From Middle English cobill, kobill (used in various combinations with ston, stan (“stone”), note, nutt (“nut”), etc.), probably a diminutive of Middle English *cob, *cobb, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kubb- (“lump; round object”). Equivalent to cob + -le.
See coble.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: brukowiec — cobblestone
- Polish: otoczak — cobblestone
- Polish: bruk — cobblestone
- Bulgarian: кърпя обуща (kǎrpja obušta) — to make shoes
- Catalan: adobar — to make shoes
- Finnish: tehdä kenkiä — to make shoes
- German: schustern — to make shoes
- Manx: whaal — to make shoes
- Polish: wyrabiać buty — to make shoes
- Portuguese: fazer sapato — to make shoes
- Spanish: zapatero — to make shoes
- Welsh: crydda — to make shoes
- Bulgarian: правя нещо как да е (pravja nešto kak da e) — to assemble in an improvised manner
- Catalan: apedaçar — to assemble in an improvised manner
- Czech: flikovat — to assemble in an improvised manner
- Czech: sflikovat — to assemble in an improvised manner
- Czech: opravit — to assemble in an improvised manner
- Dutch: ineen knutselen — to assemble in an improvised manner
- Finnish: kursia kasaan — to assemble in an improvised manner
- German: schustern — to assemble in an improvised manner
- Lithuanian: kurpti — to assemble in an improvised manner
- Polish: klecić — to assemble in an improvised manner
- Polish: sklecić — to assemble in an improvised manner
- Portuguese: improvisar — to assemble in an improvised manner
- Russian: топорно собира́ть (toporno) — to assemble in an improvised manner
- Spanish: ensamblar — to assemble in an improvised manner
- Catalan: empedrar — to use cobblestones for paving
- Czech: dláždit — to use cobblestones for paving
- Finnish: kivetä mukulakivillä — to use cobblestones for paving
- Finnish: mukulakivetä — to use cobblestones for paving
- Polish: brukować — to use cobblestones for paving
- Polish: wybrukować — to use cobblestones for paving
- Russian: мостить (mostitʹ) — to use cobblestones for paving
- Spanish: empedrar — to use cobblestones for paving