cobble
1to mend (shoes, boots, etc.); patch.
to put together roughly or clumsily.
Origin of cobble
1Words Nearby cobble
Other definitions for cobble (2 of 3)
a cobblestone.
cobbles, coal in lumps larger than a pebble and smaller than a boulder.
Metalworking.
a defect in a rolled piece resulting from loss of control over its movement.
Slang. a piece showing bad workmanship.
to pave with cobblestones.
Origin of cobble
2Other definitions for cobble (3 of 3)
New England, New York State, and New Jersey. (especially in placenames) a rounded hill.
Origin of cobble
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How to use cobble in a sentence
For Melodi, and many of her friends who are in creative industries, the pandemic has been a time of cobbling together ways to get by.
In 2019, the Heat cobbled together a four-team deal to bring Jimmy Butler to Biscayne Boulevard via sign-and-trade.
Which NBA Teams Are Making The Same Free Agency Moves, And Which Ones Are Mixing It Up? | Jared Dubin | August 4, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightThen, like many chefs, he laid off most of his staff — many had worked with him for years to establish the restaurant’s reputation as destination-worthy — and cobbled together a takeout program of dishes like burgers and pot stickers.
When the pandemic hit, those of us who were able to work from home had to quickly cobble together work stations.
Germany is a team in transition, and scraped through the tournament’s group stage after losing to France and cobbling together a tie with Hungary.
England vs Germany Offers End to 25 Years of Hurt for One Man, and a Nation | Dan Stewart | June 28, 2021 | Time
Just cobble it together, plonk it on your head, and smile a lot.
A couple years ago, I was walking one weekday morning down Court Street in cobble Hill, Brooklyn and came upon Robin Williams.
If only the Dems or the Reps could cobble one or two together out back in the shed.
The Lees were the 1st Black Family to move into the predominantly Italian-American Brooklyn Neighborhood of cobble Hill.
Spike Lee Blasts The New York Times’ Story on Brooklyn Gentrification in Fiery Op-Ed | Marlow Stern | March 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe could call new elections, but he will more likely call on Renzi to cobble together a government where Letta failed.
Florentine Mayor Matteo Renzi to Lead Italy | Barbie Latza Nadeau | February 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe pavement is of rough cobble-stones, and swarms of dogs and children crowded the way everywhere.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyThe streets are lined with cobble stones and bowlders and low, white houses, mostly one-story high.
Ways of War and Peace | Delia AustrianThere were no harsh commands that he uttered, no rattling of wheels over cobble stones, no exhibition of a despotic will.
The Broken Sword | Dennison WorthingtonMany of its streets are paved with cobble-stones, and some of its buildings are, if not handsome, at least substantial.
The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga | Cornelis De Witt WillcoxThere is a short squat cobble, flat-bottomed and of intolerable weight, down near the waters, and its owner makes for it.
Somehow Good | William de Morgan
British Dictionary definitions for cobble (1 of 2)
/ (ˈkɒbəl) /
short for cobblestone
geology a rock fragment, often rounded, with a diameter of 64–256 mm and thus smaller than a boulder but larger than a pebble
(tr) to pave (a road) with cobblestones
Origin of cobble
1- See also cobbles
Derived forms of cobble
- cobbled, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for cobble (2 of 2)
/ (ˈkɒbəl) /
to make or mend (shoes)
to put together clumsily
Origin of cobble
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for cobble
[ kŏb′əl ]
A rock fragment larger than a pebble and smaller than a boulder. Pebbles have a diameter between 64 and 256 mm (2.56 and 10.24 inches) and are often rounded.
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