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   pebble

   /ˈpɛbl/

   noun

   • 1. a small stone made smooth and round by the action of water or sand: "a narrow pebble beach"

   adjective

   • 1. (of a spectacle lens) very thick and convex: informal "pebble glasses"

   Word Origin late Old English, recorded as the first element of papel-stān ‘pebble-stone’, pyppelrīpig ‘pebble-stream’, of unknown origin. The word is recorded in place names from the early 12th century onwards.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pebbled adjective
   • 2. pebbly adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • P

     3

   • E

     1

   • B

     3

   • B

     3

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

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