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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cob•ble1 /ˈkɑbəl/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -bled, -bling. - to mend (shoes, etc.);
patch:He cobbled shoes for a living. - to put together roughly or clumsily:[~ (+ together)]They cobbled (together) a temporary agreement.
cob•ble2 /ˈkɑbəl/USA pronunciation n., v., -bled, -bling. n. [countable] - Rocksa cobblestone.
v. [~ + object] - to pave with cobblestones:The streets were cobbled with bricks.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cob•ble1 (kob′əl),USA pronunciation v.t. -bled, -bling. - to mend (shoes, boots, etc.);
patch. - to put together roughly or clumsily.
- apparently back formation from cobbler 1490–1500
- Rocksa cobblestone.
- Mining cobbles, coal in lumps larger than a pebble and smaller than a boulder.
- Metallurgy
- a defect in a rolled piece resulting from loss of control over its movement.
- Slang Termsa piece showing bad workmanship.
v.t. - to pave with cobblestones.
- 1595–1605; perh. cob + -le; see cobblestone
- Dialect Terms[New England, New York, and New Jersey.](esp. in placenames) a rounded hill.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cobble /ˈkɒbəl/ n - short for cobblestone
vb - (transitive) to pave (a road) with cobblestones
Etymology: 15th Century (in cobblestone): from cob1 cobble /ˈkɒbəl/ vb (transitive)- to make or mend (shoes)
- to put together clumsily
Etymology: 15th Century: back formation from cobbler1 |