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rub•ble n. [uncountable]

broken bits and pieces of anything, esp. something demolished:Bombing reduced the town to rubble.

rub•ble n.

broken bits and pieces of anything, as that which is demolished:Bombing reduced the town to rubble.
Geology, Meteorologyany solid substance, as ice, in irregularly broken pieces.
Geology, Buildingrough fragments of broken stone, formed by geological processes, in quarrying, etc., and sometimes used in masonry.
Buildingmasonry built of rough fragments of broken stone.

?; compare rubbish
Middle English rubel, robil 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

rubble /ˈrʌb^əl/ n

fragments of broken stones, bricks, etc
any fragmented solid material, esp the debris from ruined buildings
Also called: rubblework masonry constructed of broken pieces of rock, stone, etc

Etymology: 14th Century robyl; perhaps related to Middle English rubben to rub, or to rubbishˈrubbly adj

'rubble' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

debris - grader - lacing - pick - pound - pun - ruderal - soakaway - agger - bulldoze - mushroom - pack - pin - ragwork - rubbish - rubblework - rubbly - vast - sneck - stone

In Lists: Earthquakes, Villagers and heroes, Words, more...

Collocations: survivors [in, amongst, under] the rubble, [pulled, hoisted, lifted] from the rubble, [rescuers, volunteers] are searching among the rubble, more...

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "rubble" in the title:

a pile of rubble wigged in weeds
debris + rubble
emerged from the rubble
Frail young grass grow out from under debris and rubble
Glory be, nobody knows the rubble I've seen
if rubble there was to be
Plural for Rubble
root go back to the rubble
single lupine exhalation could reduce it to rubble.
substance rubble
the 40,000 people "officials say" are still buried in the rubble
The fire chief pulled him off of the rubble.
used any handy rubble in the making
walked past a wasteland of rubble...
When the rubble had stopped bouncing

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