to pebble

Examples

• All

• It's the largest river delta on the Gulf of Corinth, a flat, well-watered alluvial plain sheltered to the south by a wall of mountains and bordered to the north by the turquoise gulf and its white, pebbled beach.

  Academic text (2004)

• Big bright sun beats down on a white pebbled roof.

  Fiction book (1992)

• A crescent of pebbled beach... a rock-bound cave.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I ease off the highway, and two minutes later I'm turning into the Cryobank headquarters, in a small office park with pebbled sidewalks.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The garden was beautifully pebbled, creating a charming and serene atmosphere.

• They decided to pebble the path leading to the entrance with smooth stones.

• To enhance the landscaping, she chose to pebble the surrounding area with decorative stones.

Synonyms

S

to scatter

vsto pebble

187 2.8

To spread small things like leaves or seeds over an area without order

applies to orderly surface covering with small stones not wide random spread

S

to sprinkle

vsto pebble

100 1.1

To put small drops of liquid or tiny pieces on something

uses small stones instead of liquids or fine particles to cover

B

to bestrew

vsto pebble

• Archaic

9.9

To cover a surface by scattering things like papers or flowers

is specific to covering with small stones rather than general objects

Idioms

P

pebble in someone's shoe

• Informal

7.0

A small problem that keeps annoying you

S

to snatch the pebble

9.9

To show you are very good at a skill after a lot of practice

Compounds

B

brilliant pebble

• Specialized

9.9

A small missile that uses a computer to find and destroy enemy missiles

P

pebble plant

• South African

9.8

Small plant from South Africa with round leaves like stones and pink or white flowers

How Covered

to pave

61 2.8

to pebble

6.1

to scatter

187 2.8

dust

706 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology