pebble
IPA: pˈɛbʌɫ
noun
- A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
- (geology) A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- (curling) A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.
- Transparent and colourless rock crystal.
- A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains.
- (slang) A small piece of crack cocaine.
verb
- (transitive) To pave with pebbles.
- (transitive, curling) To deposit water droplets on the ice.
- (transitive) To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.
- (transitive, graph theory) To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules; see pebble game.
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Examples of "pebble" in Sentences
- The pebbles are called the fortune stone.
- The pebbles are the size of tennis balls.
- The foreshore consists of natural pebble banks.
- Drop a pebble in the pond and watch all the waves
- None of the US plants is of the pebble bed design.
- Silas brought the pebble from the Roving Rock Shop.
- The bedrock in the area is composed mostly of pebbles.
- The operculum of the case is covered with small pebbles.
- In the dry plain, it is possible to find seashells and pebble.
- Once the stream reaches the pebble beach it soaks in and disappears.
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