cobbles
Britishplural noun
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coal in small rounded lumps
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cobblestones
Example Sentences
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He showed a barren creekbed filled with cobbles, then a green wetland filled with ducks.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026
Kigali, not far from the wall-like cobbles of Kwe Mutwe, I felt the hair on my arms stand up.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
On the eve of the referendum, students in Rome wrote a call to the polls on the cobbles of a city square.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025
These areas have coarse-grained sand, gravel and cobbles that make for highly permeable pathways to replenish groundwater.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2024
The poodle squats to relieve itself on the cobbles, and the girl veers neatly to her left to skirt it.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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