noun / verb
cobble
A rounded stone used to pave a surface.
Rain makes the rounded cobbles along the narrow path shine.
Etymology
Cob names a rounded lump, and the diminutive ending makes cobble a small rounded object. The paving sense applies that form to a stone laid among others on a surface.
More examples
- A loose cobble rocks under my foot.
- Grass grows between the cobbles in the courtyard.
- The workers cobble the walkway with rounded river stones.
Forms
cobble · cobbles · cobbled · cobbling
Similar words
- cobblestone
- A more familiar name for the same rounded paving stone.
- paver
- Any paving unit, including manufactured blocks rather than rounded stones.