Definitions for cobbles

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cobbles cob·ble

Spelling: [kob-uh l]

IPA: /ˈkɒb əl/

Cobbles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 134 anagrams from letters in cobbles (bbcelos).

Definitions for cobbles

noun

1. a cobblestone.
2. cobbles, coal in lumps larger than a pebble and smaller than a boulder.
3. Metalworking. a defect in a rolled piece resulting from loss of control over its movement. Slang. a piece showing bad workmanship.
4. New England, New York State, and New Jersey. (especially in placenames) a rounded hill.
5. a cobblestone.
6. cobbles, coal in lumps larger than a pebble and smaller than a boulder.
7. Metalworking. a defect in a rolled piece resulting from loss of control over its movement. Slang. a piece showing bad workmanship.
8. New England, New York State, and New Jersey. (especially in placenames) a rounded hill.

verb (used with object)

1. to mend (shoes, boots, etc.); patch.
2. to put together roughly or clumsily.
3. to pave with cobblestones.
4. to mend (shoes, boots, etc.); patch.
5. to put together roughly or clumsily.
6. to pave with cobblestones.

Origin of cobbles

First recorded in 1490-1500; apparently back formation from cobbler

Examples for cobbles

If only the Dems or the Reps could cobble one or two together out back in the shed.

He could call new elections, but he will more likely call on Renzi to cobble together a government where Letta failed.

A couple years ago, I was walking one weekday morning down Court Street in cobble Hill, Brooklyn and came upon Robin Williams.

I can perceive all things in about the same way that I can see all cobble stones.

The Americans started to cross from cobble hill, on the ice.

The Lees were the 1st Black Family to move into the predominantly Italian-American Brooklyn Neighborhood of cobble Hill.

I'm a bad sewer, but I dare say I'd manage to cobble up something.

One wheel struck a cobble stone, and the buggy lurched horribly.

Just cobble it together, plonk it on your head, and smile a lot.

In a few days, the whole home-life on top of the cobble centred around them.

The beast sprang forward, with a shower of sparks from the cobbles.

There was a glimmer on the cobbles, and the faint outline of a lamp turned on its side.

He cracked the man's shoulders with the switch key; the knife rang on the cobbles.

I'd like to see you coming through our wood and across the cobbles.

I fetched it aw oop fra the breck of the say and the cobbles.

He stopped and stared down at me, tapping a sole on the cobbles.

There came the sound of steps on the cobbles, and then a heavy blow upon the door.

There was a sound behind on the cobbles outside the kitchen door.

The Plaza is paved with cobbles, which are disadvantageous for dancing.

The cottages are thatched, and the walls are of cobbles, plastered.