Definition of rubble in English:

rubble

noun ˈrʌb(ə)lˈrəb(ə)l

mass noun

1Waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings.
two buildings collapsed, trapping scores of people in the rubble
Example sentencesExamples
- Now, they were not so much hampered by rubble and debris as by several inches of sticky yellow mud.
- The buildings were reduced to rubble, a few sorry pillars left standing.
- Towns have been reduced to rubble, buildings gutted and property worth millions of U.S. dollars destroyed.
- A mechanical digger will also be used to remove the large amount of concrete and rubble that has been dumped.
- During the summer months some of the residents had carried out back-breaking work clearing builders' waste and rubble from the area.
- The once thriving riverside town has been reduced to rubble, most of its buildings leveled by the earthquake.
- Tons of bricks and rubble crashed on to the pavement as half the gable end of the building gave way.
- In January, an order was served on the company demanding that rubbish, rubble and waste was cleared from the land.
- There is still some demolition rubble on the site and there is also some concern about asbestos sheeting which, as far as we know, is being stored in one of the remaining garages.
- It reduced buildings to rubble, trapping people inside them.
- Residents in Pear Tree Close were horrified when a large tipper truck dumped tons of rubble and waste in their quiet residential street on March 16.
- Neighbours of a family whose home was ripped apart by a gas explosion have told of the horrifying blast which reduced it to rubble.
- The resulting blast was so powerful that it reduced the four-storey building to rubble.
- Churches, mosques, towns and villages were reduced to rubble.
- When they arrived at one particular intersection, they found it was now blocked by debris and rubble.
- He rushed towards the well, but now it was filled with rubble and debris.
- Seventeen people were killed and the town was reduced to rubble in the quake.
- But yesterday at 12 noon Vernon House was reduced to rubble by demolition experts.
- Despite efforts to save the nightclub, it was reduced to rubble earlier this year to make way for retirement flats and shops.
- These old photographs show York's former garden suburb reduced to rubble following the demolition of condemned houses in the early 1960s.
Synonyms
debris, remains, ruins, wreckage
broken bricks
1. 1.1 Pieces of rough or undressed stone used in building walls, especially as filling for cavities.
  the tower is built of stone rubble faced with ashlar
  Example sentencesExamples
  As was often the case in those days, structural perimeter walls are in coursed rubble.
  It is built of rubble stone with ashlar dressings on a granite plinth.
  The external plaster was replaced with a lime-based plaster to allow the stone rubble walls to breathe.
  The walls are made of limestone rubble and the roof is covered with stone tiles.
  They were infilled with rubble and sodded to create a low rectangular mound.
  The walls are rubble and sand, infested with fleas and insects.
  It is made of roughly coursed undressed rectangular stone facings with a rubble core.

Derivatives

rubbly

adjective ˈrʌb(ə)liˈrəb(ə)li

After a short climb up the frozen rocky face I found myself on a small, rubbly outcrop of dark rock.
Example sentencesExamples
- The ending is a blaze of light and sirens and press reporters and a standing ovation when I walk out of what could have been rubbly grave.
- A hundred thousand people had been assembled in East Berlin to hear him, on a rubbly wasteland off the Friedrichstrasse.
- It took me a couple of hours, crunching down a steep rubbly track with a panorama of mountains ahead no matter which way the path twisted.
- The roads were so rubbly and so steep and so winding that we moved, it seemed, in slow motion.

Origin

Late Middle English: perhaps from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French robe 'spoils'; compare with rubbish.

Rhymes

bubble, double, Hubble, nubble, stubble, trouble

Definition of rubble in US English:

rubble

nounˈrəb(ə)lˈrəb(ə)l

1Waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings.
two buildings collapsed, trapping scores of people in the rubble
Example sentencesExamples
- Now, they were not so much hampered by rubble and debris as by several inches of sticky yellow mud.
- During the summer months some of the residents had carried out back-breaking work clearing builders' waste and rubble from the area.
- It reduced buildings to rubble, trapping people inside them.
- He rushed towards the well, but now it was filled with rubble and debris.
- The buildings were reduced to rubble, a few sorry pillars left standing.
- Tons of bricks and rubble crashed on to the pavement as half the gable end of the building gave way.
- The resulting blast was so powerful that it reduced the four-storey building to rubble.
- Despite efforts to save the nightclub, it was reduced to rubble earlier this year to make way for retirement flats and shops.
- Towns have been reduced to rubble, buildings gutted and property worth millions of U.S. dollars destroyed.
- Churches, mosques, towns and villages were reduced to rubble.
- Neighbours of a family whose home was ripped apart by a gas explosion have told of the horrifying blast which reduced it to rubble.
- A mechanical digger will also be used to remove the large amount of concrete and rubble that has been dumped.
- There is still some demolition rubble on the site and there is also some concern about asbestos sheeting which, as far as we know, is being stored in one of the remaining garages.
- Residents in Pear Tree Close were horrified when a large tipper truck dumped tons of rubble and waste in their quiet residential street on March 16.
- These old photographs show York's former garden suburb reduced to rubble following the demolition of condemned houses in the early 1960s.
- When they arrived at one particular intersection, they found it was now blocked by debris and rubble.
- The once thriving riverside town has been reduced to rubble, most of its buildings leveled by the earthquake.
- Seventeen people were killed and the town was reduced to rubble in the quake.
- But yesterday at 12 noon Vernon House was reduced to rubble by demolition experts.
- In January, an order was served on the company demanding that rubbish, rubble and waste was cleared from the land.
Synonyms
debris, remains, ruins, wreckage
1. 1.1 Pieces of rough or undressed stone used in building walls, especially as filling for cavities.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The walls are rubble and sand, infested with fleas and insects.
  The external plaster was replaced with a lime-based plaster to allow the stone rubble walls to breathe.
  They were infilled with rubble and sodded to create a low rectangular mound.
  It is built of rubble stone with ashlar dressings on a granite plinth.
  As was often the case in those days, structural perimeter walls are in coursed rubble.
  It is made of roughly coursed undressed rectangular stone facings with a rubble core.
  The walls are made of limestone rubble and the roof is covered with stone tiles.

Origin

Late Middle English: perhaps from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French robe ‘spoils’; compare with rubbish.

单词	rubble
释义	Definition of rubble in English: rubble noun ˈrʌb(ə)lˈrəb(ə)l mass noun 1Waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings. two buildings collapsed, trapping scores of people in the rubble Example sentencesExamples Now, they were not so much hampered by rubble and debris as by several inches of sticky yellow mud. The buildings were reduced to rubble, a few sorry pillars left standing. Towns have been reduced to rubble, buildings gutted and property worth millions of U.S. dollars destroyed. A mechanical digger will also be used to remove the large amount of concrete and rubble that has been dumped. During the summer months some of the residents had carried out back-breaking work clearing builders' waste and rubble from the area. The once thriving riverside town has been reduced to rubble, most of its buildings leveled by the earthquake. Tons of bricks and rubble crashed on to the pavement as half the gable end of the building gave way. In January, an order was served on the company demanding that rubbish, rubble and waste was cleared from the land. There is still some demolition rubble on the site and there is also some concern about asbestos sheeting which, as far as we know, is being stored in one of the remaining garages. It reduced buildings to rubble, trapping people inside them. Residents in Pear Tree Close were horrified when a large tipper truck dumped tons of rubble and waste in their quiet residential street on March 16. Neighbours of a family whose home was ripped apart by a gas explosion have told of the horrifying blast which reduced it to rubble. The resulting blast was so powerful that it reduced the four-storey building to rubble. Churches, mosques, towns and villages were reduced to rubble. When they arrived at one particular intersection, they found it was now blocked by debris and rubble. He rushed towards the well, but now it was filled with rubble and debris. Seventeen people were killed and the town was reduced to rubble in the quake. But yesterday at 12 noon Vernon House was reduced to rubble by demolition experts. Despite efforts to save the nightclub, it was reduced to rubble earlier this year to make way for retirement flats and shops. These old photographs show York's former garden suburb reduced to rubble following the demolition of condemned houses in the early 1960s. Synonyms debris, remains, ruins, wreckage broken bricks 1.1 Pieces of rough or undressed stone used in building walls, especially as filling for cavities. the tower is built of stone rubble faced with ashlar Example sentencesExamples As was often the case in those days, structural perimeter walls are in coursed rubble. It is built of rubble stone with ashlar dressings on a granite plinth. The external plaster was replaced with a lime-based plaster to allow the stone rubble walls to breathe. The walls are made of limestone rubble and the roof is covered with stone tiles. They were infilled with rubble and sodded to create a low rectangular mound. The walls are rubble and sand, infested with fleas and insects. It is made of roughly coursed undressed rectangular stone facings with a rubble core. Derivatives rubbly adjective ˈrʌb(ə)liˈrəb(ə)li After a short climb up the frozen rocky face I found myself on a small, rubbly outcrop of dark rock. Example sentencesExamples The ending is a blaze of light and sirens and press reporters and a standing ovation when I walk out of what could have been rubbly grave. A hundred thousand people had been assembled in East Berlin to hear him, on a rubbly wasteland off the Friedrichstrasse. It took me a couple of hours, crunching down a steep rubbly track with a panorama of mountains ahead no matter which way the path twisted. The roads were so rubbly and so steep and so winding that we moved, it seemed, in slow motion. Origin Late Middle English: perhaps from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French robe 'spoils'; compare with rubbish. Rhymes bubble, double, Hubble, nubble, stubble, trouble Definition of rubble in US English: rubble nounˈrəb(ə)lˈrəb(ə)l 1Waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings. two buildings collapsed, trapping scores of people in the rubble Example sentencesExamples Now, they were not so much hampered by rubble and debris as by several inches of sticky yellow mud. During the summer months some of the residents had carried out back-breaking work clearing builders' waste and rubble from the area. It reduced buildings to rubble, trapping people inside them. He rushed towards the well, but now it was filled with rubble and debris. The buildings were reduced to rubble, a few sorry pillars left standing. Tons of bricks and rubble crashed on to the pavement as half the gable end of the building gave way. The resulting blast was so powerful that it reduced the four-storey building to rubble. Despite efforts to save the nightclub, it was reduced to rubble earlier this year to make way for retirement flats and shops. Towns have been reduced to rubble, buildings gutted and property worth millions of U.S. dollars destroyed. Churches, mosques, towns and villages were reduced to rubble. Neighbours of a family whose home was ripped apart by a gas explosion have told of the horrifying blast which reduced it to rubble. A mechanical digger will also be used to remove the large amount of concrete and rubble that has been dumped. There is still some demolition rubble on the site and there is also some concern about asbestos sheeting which, as far as we know, is being stored in one of the remaining garages. Residents in Pear Tree Close were horrified when a large tipper truck dumped tons of rubble and waste in their quiet residential street on March 16. These old photographs show York's former garden suburb reduced to rubble following the demolition of condemned houses in the early 1960s. When they arrived at one particular intersection, they found it was now blocked by debris and rubble. The once thriving riverside town has been reduced to rubble, most of its buildings leveled by the earthquake. Seventeen people were killed and the town was reduced to rubble in the quake. But yesterday at 12 noon Vernon House was reduced to rubble by demolition experts. In January, an order was served on the company demanding that rubbish, rubble and waste was cleared from the land. Synonyms debris, remains, ruins, wreckage 1.1 Pieces of rough or undressed stone used in building walls, especially as filling for cavities. Example sentencesExamples The walls are rubble and sand, infested with fleas and insects. The external plaster was replaced with a lime-based plaster to allow the stone rubble walls to breathe. They were infilled with rubble and sodded to create a low rectangular mound. It is built of rubble stone with ashlar dressings on a granite plinth. As was often the case in those days, structural perimeter walls are in coursed rubble. It is made of roughly coursed undressed rectangular stone facings with a rubble core. The walls are made of limestone rubble and the roof is covered with stone tiles. Origin Late Middle English: perhaps from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French robe ‘spoils’; compare with rubbish.
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