🟤 Bumpy texture 🪨 Throwing stones 🛤️ Covering with stones

pebbling

6.0

A surface with small rounded bumps that give extra grip

noun

: textura de guijarros

The pebbling on the basketball provides a better grip for players.

Examples

She admired the pebbling on the leather handbag, which made it unique.
I love the pebbling design on this ceramic vase.
The old road's surface showed signs of pebbling after years of weathering.
The pebbling on the path added a charming texture.
The pebbling on the basketball provides a better grip for players.
She admired the pebbling on the leather handbag, which made it unique.
The old road's surface showed signs of pebbling after years of weathering.

Synonyms

bumpity

vspebbling

Informal

2 9.1

A rough, uneven surface that makes travel feel jumpy

is used for small rounded stone-like bumps rather than general bumpy states

bumpiness

vspebbling

1 4.6

An uneven surface with many bumps

is about small rounded stone-like bumps, not general roughness

pimpling

vspebbling

Specialized

9.6

Small raised bumps on a surface like wood or metal

is formed of rounded stone-like bumps rather than irregular protrusions

knurling

vspebbling

Specialized

8.0

A pattern of small raised lines or bumps that improves grip

is formed of rounded stone-like bumps, not functional grip ridges

How Textured

pebbling

6.0

graininess

1 6.4

texture

114 3.4

smoothness

5 1.9

Surface Forms

pebbling singular

pebblings plural

Morphology

pebbling = pebble (semi-transparent) = pebble + ing

The form clearly combines pebble with -ing, but the specific sense of a textured surface is a slightly extended, metaphorical result rather than a fully literal composition.

Etymology

Pebbling comes from the simple word pebble, meaning 'a small rounded stone', and brings to mind many tiny stones on a surface. So pebbling describes a texture of small, pebble-like bumps that can give better grip or a decorative pattern.