pebble
noun/ˈpebl/
/ˈpebl/
- a smooth, round stone that is found in or near water
- a pebble beach
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPebble is used before these nouns:- beach
Word Originlate Old English, recorded as the first element of papel-stān ‘pebble-stone’, pyppelrīpig ‘pebble-stream’, of unknown origin. The word is recorded in place names from the early 12th cent. onwards.Definitions on the go
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