cobblestone

• cobble-stone

From Middle English cobylstone, cobyllstone, kobilstane, kobill-stane, equivalent to cobble +‎ stone. Compare Old Norse köppusteinn (“boulder”), Danish kampesten (“boulder”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑbl̩ˌstoʊn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒbl̩ˌstəʊn/

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• Hyphenation: cob‧ble‧stone

cobblestone (countable and uncountable, plural cobblestones)

1. (countable) A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.

   Synonym: cobble

   • 1964, “The Sound of Silence”, in Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., performed by Simon & Garfunkel:

     In restless dreams I walked alone / Narrow streets of cobblestone

2. (uncountable) Cobblestones viewed as a building or paving material.

   The road was paved in cobblestone.

• “cobblestone” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.

• cobblestone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia