rubble

ˈɹʌb.əl

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#1·6h ago

The broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry.

Origin: , from . Presumably related to rubbish, originally of same meaning . Ultimately presumably from , from , related to , *raubōną, perhaps via (English steal) in sense of “plunder, destroy”; see also Middle English, Middle French -el. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·6h ago

(geology) A mass or stratum of fragments of rock lying under the alluvium and derived from the neighbouring rock.

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#3·6h ago

(UK, dialect, in the plural) The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc.

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