cobble, cobblestone, sett
(noun) rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
cobble
(verb) repair or mend; “cobble shoes”
cobble, cobblestone
(verb) pave with cobblestones
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Cobble (plural Cobbles)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cobble is the 17097th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1660 individuals. Cobble is most common among White (83.98%) individuals.
cobble (plural cobbles)
A cobblestone.
(geology) A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
Alternative form of coble (a kind of fishing-boat).
cobble (third-person singular simple present cobbles, present participle cobbling, simple past and past participle cobbled)
(intransitive) To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
(transitive) To assemble in an improvised way.
(transitive, intransitive) To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Cob"ble, n.
Definition: A fishing boat. See Coble.
Cob"ble, n. Etym: [From Cob a lump. See Cob, n., 9, and cf. Copple, Copplestone.]
1. A cobblestone. "Their slings held cobbles round." Fairfax.
2. pl.
Definition: Cob coal. See under Cob.
Cob"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Cobbling.] Etym: [OF. cobler, copler, to join or knit together, couple, F. coupler, L. copulare to couple, join. Cf. Couple, n. & v. t.]
1. To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to cobble shoes. Shak. "A cobbled saddle." Thackeray.
2. To make clumsily. "Cobbled rhymes." Dryden.
3. To pave with cobblestones.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
