PEBBLE

/ˈpɛb.əl/

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P(3) E(1) B(3) B(3) L(1) E(1)

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Definition

/ˈpɛb.əl/

noun

A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.
Transparent and colourless rock crystal.
“Brazilian pebble”
A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains.

verb

To pave with pebbles.
To deposit water droplets on the ice.
“to pebble the ice between games”
To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.
To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules; see pebble game.