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cobble noun

Click to hear the UK pronunciation of this wordClick to hear the US pronunciation of this word/ˈkɒb.l ̩//ˈkɑː.bl ̩/ n [C usually plural] (also cobblestone)

Definition

a rounded stone used on the surface of an old-fashioned road
The cart rumbled over the cobbles.

cobbled adjective

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made of cobbles
cobbled streets

(Definition of cobble noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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