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• peb|ble — «PEHB uhl», noun, verb, bled, bling. –n. 1. a small stone, usually worn smooth and rounded, especially by being rolled about by water or by glacial action: »to wake a person by throwing pebbles at his window. So wears the paving pebble in the… …   Useful english dictionary

• peb´ble|like´ — peb|ble «PEHB uhl», noun, verb, bled, bling. –n. 1. a small stone, usually worn smooth and rounded, especially by being rolled about by water or by glacial action: »to wake a person by throwing pebbles at his window. So wears the paving pebble in …   Useful english dictionary

• peb|ble|dash — «PEHB uhl DASH», noun. mortar with pebbles incorporated into it, used for surfacing or finishing walls or buildings; stucco …   Useful english dictionary

• peb — peb·bled; peb·bler; peb·bly; peb·ble; peb·ri·nous; …   English syllables

• ble — ab·di·ca·ble; abom·i·na·ble; abus·a·ble; ac·ces·si·ble; ac·com·mo·da·ble; ac·cost·a·ble; ac·cu·mu·la·ble; ac·cus·a·ble; ace·to·sol·u·ble; achie·va·ble; acid·i·fi·a·ble; ac·knowl·edge·a·ble; act·a·ble; ac·ti·va·ble; ac·tu·al·iz·a·ble; add·a·ble;… …   English syllables

• pebble — peb·ble …   English syllables

• pebble — peb•ble [[t]ˈpɛb əl[/t]] n. v. bled, bling 1) pet a small, rounded stone, esp. one worn by the action of water 2) clo Also called peb′ble leath er. leather that has been given a granulated surface 3) tex any granulated or crinkled surface, as of… …   From formal English to slang

• pebble — peb·ble (pebґəl) colorless, transparent rock crystal from which lenses are sometimes cut …   Medical dictionary

• pebble — peb|ble [ˈpebəl] n [: Old English; Origin: papolstan, from papol (perhaps from the sound of small stones hitting against each other) + stan stone ] a small smooth stone found especially on a beach or on the bottom of a river ▪ The beach was… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pebbledash — peb|ble|dash [ˈpebəldæʃ] n [U] BrE a surface for the outside walls of houses, made of ↑cement with a lot of very small round stones in it …   Dictionary of contemporary English