pebble

Converse of object

• skim: Relax with an ice cream and enjoy Kent's coast or simply skim pebbles in the sea.
• toss: To judge from Said's disdain for most criticisms of Orientalism, he would have summarily tossed such pebbles from his elegant shoe.
• throw: They were throwing pebbles on the beach, then started throwing them at him, then bigger stones, then rocks.
• dash: At this point we were very wet, with Kate pebble dashed by the ash track bed.

Adjective modifier

• rounded: In the adit walls can be seen rounded pebbles, these are the remains of a raised beach.
• polished: The central circular feature is floral and includes polished pebbles and gemstones.
• smooth: A sunken bed has been filled with large, smooth pebbles.
• occasional: Fill of grave comprised brown silty clay with very occasional small flint pebbles.
• decorative: The exterior patios have been lovingly paved with decorative pebbles and the covering verandah supported by solid old brick pillars with wooden beamed roofing.

Modifies a noun

• beach: On pebble beaches where the fierce action of the waves creates a desert where hardly any life is present, the anemone is absent.
• mosaic: These pebble mosaics could be found all around the Greek world from the 6th to 4th century BC.
• dash: Pebble dash on ground floor with tile hung upper story.
• cove: Swanpool Beach A small east facing sand and pebble cove.
• ridge: Beach Two miles of golden sand backed by a unique pebble ridge.
• fountain: Consider a raised pond or safe low maintenance water feature such as a pebble fountain.

Noun used with modifier

• quartzite: A layer of white quartzite pebbles covered some graves.
• quartz: White quartz pebbles were found on or near the bottom of all the ditch segments.
• flint: The enclosure ditch was found to have been cut through a shallow flint pebble layer which overlay coombe rock.
• clay: As clay pebbles don't hold lots of water, they also provide the root zone with plenty of oxygen.
• limestone: Limestone pebbles are also found, with facial features scratched or carved into them.