Cobble
noun
A small, round stone used to create a road.
We walked down the path paved with cobbles.
Often appears as...
- cobble-stoned streets
- cobble path
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To make or repair something quickly and roughly.
He cobbled together a meal using whatever ingredients he could find.
Often appears as...
- cobble together
- cobble up
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Informal
Colloquial
noun
A type of shoe made by a cobbler.
His cobbles were well-worn and comfortable.
Often appears as...
- old cobble
- pair of cobbles
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Historical
noun
A tool used to shape metal or leather.
The cobbler used his cobble to create a fresh pair of shoes.
Often appears as...
- use a cobble
- cobble tool
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A small, round stone used to create a road.
We walked down the path paved with cobbles.
Often appears as...
- cobble-stoned streets
- cobble path
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To make or repair something quickly and roughly.
He cobbled together a meal using whatever ingredients he could find.
Often appears as...
- cobble together
- cobble up
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A type of shoe made by a cobbler.
His cobbles were well-worn and comfortable.
Often appears as...
- old cobble
- pair of cobbles
Usage tips
Historical
noun
A tool used to shape metal or leather.
The cobbler used his cobble to create a fresh pair of shoes.
Often appears as...
- use a cobble
- cobble tool
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Streets and Paths
Use 'cobble' when describing streets and walkways made with rounded stones.
The historic district is known for its cobble streets.
Pro Tip 2/2Old World Charm
'Cobble' often evokes a quaint or picturesque atmosphere, like in old towns.
Visitors adore the cobble pathways winding through the village.
Pro Tip 1/2Streets and Paths
Use 'cobble' when describing streets and walkways made with rounded stones.
The historic district is known for its cobble streets.
Pro Tip 2/2Old World Charm
'Cobble' often evokes a quaint or picturesque atmosphere, like in old towns.
Visitors adore the cobble pathways winding through the village.
Pro Tip 1/2Streets and Paths
Use 'cobble' when describing streets and walkways made with rounded stones.
The historic district is known for its cobble streets.
Pro Tip 2/2Old World Charm
'Cobble' often evokes a quaint or picturesque atmosphere, like in old towns.
Visitors adore the cobble pathways winding through the village.
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Video examples
Is there any truth to...
he cobbled together fragments of myth and poetry to compensate for the almost complete lack of official records. A few of his sources contained mentions of Arthur, and some others were realistic accounts of battles and places. But many featured mythic heroes fighting long odds with the help of magical swords and sorcery.
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Philip Rosedale: Second...
The thing that was always striking to me was that we as people could have so many really amazing ideas about things we'd like to do, but are so often unable, in the real world, to actually do those things -- to actually cobble together the materials and go through the actual execution phase of building something
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I stepped out of grief...
these activities were very structured and prescribed, whereas this type of flow art seemed like a form of meditation but with a focus on fire, this thing that scared me so deeply for my entire life. After that first time practicing, my friend and I cobbled together our own sets of homemade poi
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Rob Dunbar: The threat...
was this simple visual description. You know, we saw this in the core samples as they came up. We saw these alternations between sediments that look like this -- there's gravel and cobbles in there and a bunch of sand. That's the kind of material in the deep sea.
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3 ways companies can...
It's true that there is no expiration date to grieve and time cannot undo a loss, but time away from work helped me figure out how daily life can coexist with grief. We don't want a grieving employee to have to cobble together vacation days and sick days
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Time is memory and you...
memory so how do we know this one we know that if you lose your memory you can't cobble together people with places or things but every day is new and not in a good way we live or you would live in an eternal presence and this is
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Mars Up Close, Part 3:...
from this mission. Now, here is a close up. Like I said sedimentary rock, so this is bits of old rock. So, think about the history here. There was rock on Mars. That rock broke apart, made sand and pebbles and cobbles and dust.
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New thinking on the...
I'm giving a short slide show this morning that I'm giving for the very first time, so -- well it's -- I don't want or need to raise the bar, I'm actually trying to lower the bar. Because I've cobbled this together
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Portraits of Afghanistan...
empty after calling cobble her home for six years she doesn't know if she can ever return you know today my uh we have a we have somebody who's very clear to us who helps out with the housework
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Around the World in...
meters of cobbles to dip our feet in the surf going to be walking across the world in the footsteps of the first ancestors who spread across the world
Video examples
Is there any truth to...
he cobbled together fragments of myth and poetry to compensate for the almost complete lack of official records. A few of his sources contained mentions of Arthur, and some others were realistic accounts of battles and places. But many featured mythic heroes fighting long odds with the help of magical swords and sorcery.
Video examples
Philip Rosedale: Second...
The thing that was always striking to me was that we as people could have so many really amazing ideas about things we'd like to do, but are so often unable, in the real world, to actually do those things -- to actually cobble together the materials and go through the actual execution phase of building something
Video examples
I stepped out of grief...
these activities were very structured and prescribed, whereas this type of flow art seemed like a form of meditation but with a focus on fire, this thing that scared me so deeply for my entire life. After that first time practicing, my friend and I cobbled together our own sets of homemade poi
Video examples
Rob Dunbar: The threat...
was this simple visual description. You know, we saw this in the core samples as they came up. We saw these alternations between sediments that look like this -- there's gravel and cobbles in there and a bunch of sand. That's the kind of material in the deep sea.
Video examples
3 ways companies can...
It's true that there is no expiration date to grieve and time cannot undo a loss, but time away from work helped me figure out how daily life can coexist with grief. We don't want a grieving employee to have to cobble together vacation days and sick days
Video examples
Time is memory and you...
memory so how do we know this one we know that if you lose your memory you can't cobble together people with places or things but every day is new and not in a good way we live or you would live in an eternal presence and this is
Video examples
Mars Up Close, Part 3:...
from this mission. Now, here is a close up. Like I said sedimentary rock, so this is bits of old rock. So, think about the history here. There was rock on Mars. That rock broke apart, made sand and pebbles and cobbles and dust.
Video examples
New thinking on the...
I'm giving a short slide show this morning that I'm giving for the very first time, so -- well it's -- I don't want or need to raise the bar, I'm actually trying to lower the bar. Because I've cobbled this together
Video examples
Portraits of Afghanistan...
empty after calling cobble her home for six years she doesn't know if she can ever return you know today my uh we have a we have somebody who's very clear to us who helps out with the housework
Video examples
Around the World in...
meters of cobbles to dip our feet in the surf going to be walking across the world in the footsteps of the first ancestors who spread across the world
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Quote examples
Noel Clarke
English Actor
Generally, an indie film in the U.K. is put together much like in the states. We got a tax credit. You sell the domestic rights, which can be quite low, but it's enough to push you over the line. And you get a tax credit on top of that, and then you cobble it together with private equity or gap financing and things like that.
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Paul DePodesta
American Businessman
The A's were a team with very few resources. We didn't have access to players who were obviously great, who could do it all and were always in the headlines. We couldn't afford those types of players. So we had to figure out a way of cobbling together players into a team that might be competitive.
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Guy Pearce
English Actor
I feel I do my best work when it's all there on the page, and I feel that the character is very vivid as I read the script and I'm not having to create stuff and trying to cobble together something. If I have to do that, then I don't entirely trust what I'm doing.
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Vladimir Putin
Russian Statesman
Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force, cobbling coalitions together under the slogan, 'You're either with us or against us.
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Terry Gilliam
American Director
People used to think we just faked all that stuff... it was all written, rehearsed. The fact that it looks as cobbled together as it does is just that we weren't very good.
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Sebastian Horsley
British Artist
I am a fraud. I have cobbled together my personality from hundreds of little bits. I am simultaneously the most genuine and the most artificial person you will ever meet.
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Yahoo Serious
Australian Director
Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film.
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Jenny Zhang
Chinese Actress
Growing up, I had to cobble together a scarecrow of things I loved from various different writers.
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Adam Scott
American Actor
For years and years, I was doing extra work and guest spots and anything I could cobble together.
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Eniola Aluko
English Athlete
I'm absolutely loving Turin's old, historical-city vibe, with the narrow, cobbled streets.
Quote examples
Noel Clarke
English Actor
Generally, an indie film in the U.K. is put together much like in the states. We got a tax credit. You sell the domestic rights, which can be quite low, but it's enough to push you over the line. And you get a tax credit on top of that, and then you cobble it together with private equity or gap financing and things like that.
Quote examples
Paul DePodesta
American Businessman
The A's were a team with very few resources. We didn't have access to players who were obviously great, who could do it all and were always in the headlines. We couldn't afford those types of players. So we had to figure out a way of cobbling together players into a team that might be competitive.
Quote examples
Guy Pearce
English Actor
I feel I do my best work when it's all there on the page, and I feel that the character is very vivid as I read the script and I'm not having to create stuff and trying to cobble together something. If I have to do that, then I don't entirely trust what I'm doing.
Quote examples
Vladimir Putin
Russian Statesman
Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force, cobbling coalitions together under the slogan, 'You're either with us or against us.
Quote examples
Terry Gilliam
American Director
People used to think we just faked all that stuff... it was all written, rehearsed. The fact that it looks as cobbled together as it does is just that we weren't very good.
Quote examples
Sebastian Horsley
British Artist
I am a fraud. I have cobbled together my personality from hundreds of little bits. I am simultaneously the most genuine and the most artificial person you will ever meet.
Quote examples
Yahoo Serious
Australian Director
Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film.
Quote examples
Jenny Zhang
Chinese Actress
Growing up, I had to cobble together a scarecrow of things I loved from various different writers.
Quote examples
Adam Scott
American Actor
For years and years, I was doing extra work and guest spots and anything I could cobble together.
Quote examples
Eniola Aluko
English Athlete
I'm absolutely loving Turin's old, historical-city vibe, with the narrow, cobbled streets.
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