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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024peb•bly (peb′lē),USA pronunciation adj. - having or covered with pebbles:the pebbly beach at Nice.
- (of a texture, design, etc.) having a granular or pebbled surface:shoes with a pebbly finish.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024peb•ble /ˈpɛbəl/USA pronunciation n. - Rocks[countable] a small, rounded stone, esp. one worn down by the action of water.
peb•bly, adj., -bli•er, -bli•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024peb•ble (peb′əl),USA pronunciation n., v., -bled, -bling. n. - Rocksa small, rounded stone, esp. one worn smooth by the action of water.
- ClothingAlso called peb′ble leath′er. leather that has been given a granulated surface.
- Textilesany granulated or crinkled surface, esp. of a textile.
- Ophthalmologya transparent colorless rock crystal used for the lenses of eyeglasses.
- a lens made from this crystal.
v.t. - Clothingto prepare (leather) so as to have a granulated surface.
- to pelt with or as with pebbles.
- 1250–1300; Middle English pibbil, puble, pobble; compare Old English pæbbel (in place names), papel-, popel- (in compounds); phonological relations unclear
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