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  (rŭb'əl) pronunciation
n.
  1. A loose mass of angular fragments of rock or masonry crumbled by natural or human forces.
    1. Irregular fragments or pieces of rock used in masonry.
    2. The masonry made with such rocks.

[Middle English rubel.]

rubbly rub'bly adj.
 
 
Thesaurus: rubble

noun

    The remains of something destroyed, disintegrated, or decayed: debris, ruin, wrack2, wreck, wreckage. See leftover.

 
Architecture: rubble

Rough stones of irregular shapes and sizes; used in rough, uncoursed work in the construction of walls, foundations, and paving.

 
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IN BRIEF: A jumbled mass of rough or broken things.

pronunciation The workers removed the rubble after the earthquake.

 
Wikipedia: rubble
For the compilation album series, see Rubble series, for the currency, see Ruble

Rubble is broken stone, of irregular size and shape. This word is closely connected in derivation with "rubbish", which was formerly also applied to what we now call "rubble". Rubble naturally found in the soil is known also as 'brash' (compare cornbrash). Where present, it becomes more noticeable when the land is ploughed.

Building

"Rubble-work" is a name applied to several species of masonry. One kind, where the stones are loosely thrown together in a wall between boards and grouted with mortar almost like concrete, is called in Italian "muraglia di getto" and in French "bocage". In Pakistan, walls made of rubble and concrete, cast in a formwork, are called 'situ', a word which probably derives from the latin 'in situ' meaning 'made on the spot'.

Work executed with more or less large stones put together without any attempt at courses is called rubble walling. Where similar work is laid in courses, it is known as coursed rubble. Dry-stone walling is somewhat similar work done without the use of mortar. It is bound together by the fit of the stones and the regular placement of stones which extend through the thickness of the wall. A rubble wall built with mortar will be stronger if assembled in this way.

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Translations: Translations for: Rubble

Dansk (Danish)
n. - murbrokker, (sten)fyld

Nederlands (Dutch)
puin, steengruis

Français (French)
n. - décombres, gravats, (Constr) blocaille

Deutsch (German)
n. - Trümmer, Schutt, Geröll

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σκύρο, χοντρά χαλίκια, κροκάλες, (οικοδ.) μπάζα κατεδάφισης, χαλάσματα

Italiano (Italian)
macerie, pietrisco

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cascalho (m)

Русский (Russian)
булыжник, щебень, развалины

Español (Spanish)
n. - escombros, cascote, gravilla

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - stenskärv, spillror, (geol) klappersten

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
粗石, 粗石堆, 碎砖

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 粗石, 粗石堆, 碎磚

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 파편, 거친 돌, 잡석

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 砕石, 瓦礫

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الدبش قطع غير مصقوله من كسارة الحجارة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חצץ, שברי אבן, חומר אבני למילוי קירות, אבנים זוויתיות המכסות על סלעים, חלוקי-נחל‬

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