cobble

About 0.30 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A cobblestone.
2. noun A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
3. noun A piece of steel that becomes malformed during its manufacture or rolling.
4. verb To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
5. verb To assemble in an improvised way.

   I cobbled something together to get us through till morning.

6. verb To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.
7. noun Alternative form of coble (“a kind of fishing-boat”).

Similar words

cobblestone sett pebble gravel stone rock quartzite spall rubble prune

Often followed by

together stones hill and stone beach conglomerate tools or

Word family

cobbled cobbles cobbling