Synonyms for pebble
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : peb-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛb əl |
Top 10 synonyms for pebble Other synonyms for the word pebble
Définition of pebble
Origin :- small, smooth stone, late 13c., from Old English papolstan "pebblestone," of unknown origin. Perhaps imitative. Some sources compare Latin papula "pustule, pimple, swelling."
- As in rock : noun stone
- As in stone : noun hard piece of earth's surface
- As in pellet : noun small sphere
- As in grit : noun particles of dirt
- A brazen urn was carried round, in which every citizen deposited a pebble.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- He didn't toss it up, not a bit of it; ran as game as a pebble; he just tired at the finish.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- A pebble, dropped from your hand, would strike in the midst of them.
- Extract from : « The Gorgon's Head » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- "I guess that will show up every pebble in the road," commented the balloonist.
- Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton
- Two more of these "others" are the two in the photograph who are playing a pebble game.
- Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
- Then through the mists of his culture came a hard fact, hard as a pebble.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- Presently a pebble is heard to crack against the window pane.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- A pebble a little over an inch in diameter fell to the floor.
- Extract from : « Invasion » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
- If I were to go over to yonder lake and throw in a pebble—what would we see?
- Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott
- When you drop a pebble in water, the ripples spread in all directions.
- Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
Antonyms for pebble
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