rubble

rub·ble

A large pile of rubble has accumulated as a result of the demolition of the building.

noun

Rubble is defined as loose and rough pieces of rock that came from a bigger piece, a structure made from such material, or debris from destroyed buildings.

An example of rubble is a group of loose rock pieces falling off a cliff.
An example of rubble is what is left after a building is bombed.

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rubble

rough, irregular, loose fragments of rock, broken from larger bodies either by natural processes or artificially, as by blasting
masonry made of rubble; rubblework
debris from buildings, etc., resulting from earthquake, bombing, etc.

Origin of rubble

Middle English robel; akin to rubbish, rub

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rubble

noun

A loose mass of angular fragments of rock or masonry crumbled by natural or human forces.
a. Irregular fragments or pieces of rock used in masonry.
b. The masonry made with such rocks.

Origin of rubble

Middle English rubel

Related Forms:

rub′bly
adjective

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Noun

(uncountable)

The broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry.

Related terms

rubbish

Origin

Anglo-Norman *robel (“bits of broken stone"). Presumably related to rubbish, originally of same meaning (bits of stone). Ultimately presumably from Proto-Germanic *raub- (“to break"), perhaps via Old French robe (English rob (“steal")) in sense of “plunder, destroy"; see also Middle English, Middle French -el.