Definition of cobblestone in English:
cobblestone
nounˈkɒb(ə)lstəʊnˈkɑbəlˌstoʊn
another term for cobble
Example sentencesExamples
- It's the place to go if you like your cityscape to be a mix of Colonial-era cobblestones and even older trees.
- He never complained, except when he occasionally slipped on muddy cobblestones.
- They are set in an open plaza of cobblestones and pine trees.
- She recalls market vendors rattling carts along the cobblestones beneath her window, en route to the Campo de Fiori market.
- In the yellow light the cobblestones gleam and the air is damp and yeasty.
- We used to walk together kicking the cobblestones in the shanty town.
- The women navigate cobblestones and broken pavements on stilettos without breaking stride.
- The pounding of boots on cobblestones grew fainter and fainter.
- The going was tough indeed, I slammed on the anchors, skidded on the cobblestones and nearly went into the back of a horse box.
- The walls shone with rainwater trailing through the grime and the ground was thick with mud between the uneven cobblestones.
- It's either twilight or pre-dawn, with cobblestones and architecture hinting at a European setting.
- No one knows exactly which streets still have cobblestones beneath the asphalt.
- Below the little cobblestones were as rounded as new loaves of bread.
- Children played soccer on the cobblestones and roaming dogs barked at our rickshaw and ran after it.
- It was all cobblestones and houses up on high with slate shingles and ivy crawling all over the place.
- The market square is surrounded by an ancient collar of cobblestones.
- Nevertheless, before I knew what I was doing, I was scrambling down the ladder and running over the cobblestones of the road.
- Angry householders have claimed the historic look of their community is being ruined by the removal of cobblestones.
- Hundreds of feet clopped against the cobblestones of the road, adding the gentle clip-clop to the swelling voices.
- One police officer sustained a blow to the head from a large cobblestone.
Definition of cobblestone in US English:
cobblestone
nounˈkäbəlˌstōnˈkɑbəlˌstoʊn
A small, round stone of a kind formerly used to cover road surfaces.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the yellow light the cobblestones gleam and the air is damp and yeasty.
- The women navigate cobblestones and broken pavements on stilettos without breaking stride.
- Children played soccer on the cobblestones and roaming dogs barked at our rickshaw and ran after it.
- They are set in an open plaza of cobblestones and pine trees.
- He never complained, except when he occasionally slipped on muddy cobblestones.
- The market square is surrounded by an ancient collar of cobblestones.
- Nevertheless, before I knew what I was doing, I was scrambling down the ladder and running over the cobblestones of the road.
- Below the little cobblestones were as rounded as new loaves of bread.
- She recalls market vendors rattling carts along the cobblestones beneath her window, en route to the Campo de Fiori market.
- No one knows exactly which streets still have cobblestones beneath the asphalt.
- The going was tough indeed, I slammed on the anchors, skidded on the cobblestones and nearly went into the back of a horse box.
- One police officer sustained a blow to the head from a large cobblestone.
- Angry householders have claimed the historic look of their community is being ruined by the removal of cobblestones.
- It was all cobblestones and houses up on high with slate shingles and ivy crawling all over the place.
- It's the place to go if you like your cityscape to be a mix of Colonial-era cobblestones and even older trees.
- We used to walk together kicking the cobblestones in the shanty town.
- It's either twilight or pre-dawn, with cobblestones and architecture hinting at a European setting.
- The walls shone with rainwater trailing through the grime and the ground was thick with mud between the uneven cobblestones.
- The pounding of boots on cobblestones grew fainter and fainter.
- Hundreds of feet clopped against the cobblestones of the road, adding the gentle clip-clop to the swelling voices.