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COBBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cobble mean? 

COBBLE (noun)
  The noun COBBLE has 1 sense:

1. rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roadsplay

  Familiarity information: COBBLE used as a noun is very rare.


COBBLE (verb)
  The verb COBBLE has 2 senses:

1. pave with cobblestonesplay

2. repair or mendplay

  Familiarity information: COBBLE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COBBLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cobble; cobblestone; sett

Hypernyms ("cobble" is a kind of...):

paving stone (a stone used for paving)

Derivation:

cobble (pave with cobblestones)


COBBLE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they cobble  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it cobbles  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: cobbled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: cobbled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: cobbling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pave with cobblestones

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

cobble; cobblestone

Hypernyms (to "cobble" is one way to...):

pave (cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

cobble (rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads)

cobbler (a person who makes or repairs shoes)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Repair or mend

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

cobble shoes

Hypernyms (to "cobble" is one way to...):

bushel; doctor; fix; furbish up; mend; repair; restore; touch on (restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

cobbling (the shoemaker's trade)


 Context examples 


More than one captain made up his mind then and there that his "cobble" or his "mule," as they term the different classes of boats, would remain in the harbour till the storm had passed.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

We passed Port Roosevelt, where there was a glimpse of red-belted ocean-going ships, and sped along a cobbled slum lined with the dark, undeserted saloons of the faded gilt nineteen-hundreds.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)



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