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Pebble Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pebble? [n] a small smooth rounded rock Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pebble: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pebble: ace \| asphalt \| atom \| bit \| blacktop \| carpet \| causeway \| cement \| checkstone \| cobblestone \| concrete \| dab \| dole \| dot \| drakestone \| dram \| dribble \| driblet \| dwarf \| farthing \| fingerstone \| flag \| fleck \| floor \| flyspeck \| fragment \| gobbet \| grain \| granule \| gravelstone \| groat \| hair \| handful \| iota \| jackstone \| jot \| little \| little bit \| metal \| minim \| minimum \| minutiae \| mite \| modicum \| molecule \| mote \| nutshell \| ounce \| particle \| pave \| pebblestone \| pinch \| pittance \| point \| scruple \| slingstone \| smidgen \| smitch \| speck \| spoonful \| spot \| tar \| thimbleful \| tiny bit \| tittle \| trifling amount \| trivia \| whit See Also \| rock \| stone Pebble In Webster's Dictionary \Peb"ble\, n. [AS. papolst[=a]n; cf. L. papula pimple, mote. See {Stone}.] 1. A small roundish stone or bowlder; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone. ``The pebbles on the hungry beach.'' --Shak. As children gathering pebbles on the shore. --Milton. 2. Transparent and colorless rock crystal; as, Brazilian pebble; -- so called by opticians. {Pebble powder}, slow-burning gunpowder, in large cubical grains. {Scotch pebble}, varieties of quartz, as agate, chalcedony, etc., obtained from cavities in amygdaloid. \Peb"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pebbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pebbling}.] To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences.

Pebble Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pebble?

[n] a small smooth rounded rock

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pebble:

See Also | rock | stone

Pebble In Webster's Dictionary

\Peb"ble\, n. [AS. papolst[=a]n; cf. L. papula pimple,
mote. See {Stone}.]
1. A small roundish stone or bowlder; especially, a stone
   worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone.
   ``The pebbles on the hungry beach.'' --Shak.

         As children gathering pebbles on the shore.
                                               --Milton.

2. Transparent and colorless rock crystal; as, Brazilian
   pebble; -- so called by opticians.

{Pebble powder}, slow-burning gunpowder, in large cubical
   grains.

{Scotch pebble}, varieties of quartz, as agate, chalcedony,
   etc., obtained from cavities in amygdaloid.


\Peb"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pebbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pebbling}.]
To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with
small rounded prominences.

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