cob·ble·stone

C0438900 (kŏb′əl-stōn′)n. A paving stone, especially one that is naturally rounded.

[Middle English cobelston : obsolete cobel, probably diminutive of cob, round object; see cob + Middle English ston, stone, stone; see stone.]

cobblestone

(ˈkɒbəlˌstəʊn) n (Civil Engineering) a rounded stone used for paving. Sometimes shortened to: cobble Compare sett

cob•ble•stone

(ˈkɒb əlˌstoʊn)

n. a naturally rounded stone, larger than a pebble and smaller than a boulder, formerly used in paving. [1400–50; late Middle English cobylstone] cob′ble•stoned`, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cobblestone - rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roadscobble, settpaving stone - a stone used for paving
Verb	1.	cobblestone - pave with cobblestonescobblepave - cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic; "pave the roads in the village"

Translations

pavéбулыжник

cobblestone

a rounded stone used for paving

cobblestone

A naturally rounded stone used in paving, wall construction, and foundations.

cobble, cobblestone

1.A rock fragment between 2 ½ and 10 in. (64 and 256 mm) in diameter, used for rough paving, walls, and foundations. 2. Coarse aggregate for concrete, having a nominal size in the range 3 to 6 in. (75 to 150 mm).

Cobblestone

A widely used adjective referring to an appearance, morphology or pattern characterised by multiple, similarly-sized rounded densities that project from a single linear surface when the image is 2-D or that rise above a flattened plane when viewed in 3-D, a pattern which has been likened to pre-infernal combustion engine roads paved with ‘cobbled’ stones
Dermatology A term which referred to a common complication of pre-1990 hair replacement surgery—now of historic interest—in which the grafts are bumpy, and do not flatten with time; it is more common in patients with a tendency to form hypertrophic scars. See Hair replacement
Gastroenterology A characteristic radiologic and gross appearance of the intestinal mucosa in Crohn’s disease, due to submucosal involvement; to the endoscopist, cobblestoning refers to the uniform nodules—due to the submucosal edema—while the pathologist refers to severe ulcerative disease with crisscrossing of the ulcers through inflamed but intact mucosa; intestinal ‘cobblestoning’ may also occur in ulcerative colitis—where ulcers alternate with regenerating mucosa, ischaemic colitis, lymphoid hyperplasia of CVID, amyloidosis, mucoviscidosis, pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis, multiple lymphangiomas, and polyposis coli; in the intestine, the mucosal rugosities may correspond to polyps, or be filled with air, lymphoid tissue or amyloid
Gynaecology
(1) A term referring to a rare roughened appearance seen by colposcopy of a uterine cervix with Neisseria gonorrhoeae
(2) A finding by hysterosalpingography characterised by rounded filling defects due to intraluminal adhesions
Imaging A term referring to a bumpiness of the greater curvature of the stomach, a finding typical of chronic hypertrophic gastritis
Oral disease A term referring to multiple, closely-set intraoral papilloma-like fibromas that impart a pebbly tactile sensation in Cowden’s premalignant multiple hamartoma syndrome
Ophthalmology Multiple sharply demarcated non-elevated lesions with prominent choroidal vessels, located between the ora serrata and equator, seen in peripheral chorioretinal atrophy, common in ageing, seen in one-fourth of all autopsies, one-third of which are bilateral; aka paving stone degeneration, senile halo
Soft tissue pathology Multiple ‘hobnail’ projections of malignant endothelial cells into the vascular lumina seen in angiosarcoma, a pattern mimicked by Kaposi sarcoma and spindle cell hemangioendothelioma

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noun rectangular paving stone with curved top

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verb pave with cobblestones

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