Google
 

AllWords.com Home

English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

 
 
Complete Definition of "pebble"

Image:Beach Stones 2.jpg|thumb|right|Pebbles on a beach.
English
wikipedia

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɛbəl|-ɛbəl

Noun
en-noun

  1. A small stone
  2. geology A rock fragment between 4 and 64 millimetres in diameter (especially a naturally rounded one)
  3. curling A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.

Translations

Afrikaans: spoelklippie, kiesel
Chinese: 小卵石 (xiǎo luǎn shí)
Czech: oblázek m
Dutch: kiezel
Esperanto: ŝtoneto
Finnish: pikkukivi
mid
French: caillou m
Ido: stono
Italian: ciottolo m
Korean: 자갈 (jagal)
Latin: calculus m

Verb
to pebble

  1. To pave with pebbles.
  2. curling To deposit water droplets on the ice. e.g. to pebble the ice between games.

Translations
trans-top|To pave with pebbles
Finnish: päällystää mukulakivillä
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|To deposit water droplets on the ice
trans-mid
trans-bottom

fr:pebble
ko:pebble
io:pebble
it:pebble
hu:pebble
ja:pebble
ta:pebble
te:pebble
vi:pebble
zh:pebble

Revision and Credits for"pebble"
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the
GNU Free Documentation License
 
 

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.


Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 
  

   
Allwords Copyright 1998-2012 Allsites LLC. All rights reserved.