blebbed
- adjective
- Specialized
- Collectors often reject blebbed glass marbles because of their visible flaws.
Examples
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The scientist noted that the sample was blebbed due to imperfections in the cooling process.
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The quartzite surface appeared blebbed after exposure to intense heat.
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The blebbed glass vase was unique.
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It is a blebbed quartz piece.
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Collectors often reject blebbed glass marbles because their surface flaws decrease value.
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The quartzite surface looked blebbed from the effects of extreme heat during formation.
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The scientist identified the sample as blebbed due to tiny bubbles trapped during cooling.
Synonyms
A surface covered in many small round bumps like tiny stones
Containing many tiny bubbles or bits trapped inside glass
Having small raised bubbles on a surface from heat or friction
Having many small painful bubbles on the skin
A surface with many small raised bumps, like stone or metal
A surface with small raised bumps like a rough sweater
How Bubbled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Blebbed comes from the little word bleb, which means a small 'bubble' or 'blister', like a tiny pocket trapped in glass. So glass called blebbed is marked by those small bubble-like flaws.