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| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : kob-uh l-stohn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒb əlˌstoʊn |
Definition of cobblestone
Origin :- late 14c., kobilstane; see cobble (n.) + stone (n.).
- As in road : noun path upon which travel occurs
- As in rock : noun stone
- As in roadway : noun road
- As in superhighway : noun road
- As in thruway : noun road
- As in pave : verb cover with asphalt, concrete
- That if one hits a negro on the head with a cobblestone, the cobblestone will break.
- Extract from : « The American Credo » by George Jean Nathan
- He ees call the 'cobblestone,' also the 'pouding-stone,' when he ees at his home in the country.
- Extract from : « Stories in Light and Shadow » by Bret Harte
- They will soon be able to tell in every case where the egg or cobblestone is not "just round."
- Extract from : « Froebel's Gifts » by Kate Douglas Wiggin
- They are shown in plate 29, along with a cobblestone used as a pestle.
- Extract from : « Archeological Investigations » by Gerard Fowke
- He was devoted to horses and from his home on Broadway he could frequently be seen driving tandem on the cobblestone streets.
- Extract from : « As I Remember » by Marian Gouverneur
- A long living room with a cobblestone fireplace met their gaze.
- Extract from : « The Secret Pact » by Mildred A. Wirt
- Tavern-keeper and tavern are gone; no vestiges even of cobblestone chimneys or cellar walls remain.
- Extract from : « Customs and Fashions in Old New England » by Alice Morse Earle
- You understand, sir, a cobblestone takes no footprint, a knife-blade leaves no signature.
- Extract from : « Wilderness of Spring » by Edgar Pangborn
- Maybe you are thinking of building a cobblestone chimney in our house, laughed Julie.
- Extract from : « Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
- Walking along a cobblestone street, you might pass an old church which has iron chains hanging on its walls.
- Extract from : « Getting to know Spain » by Dee Day
Synonyms for cobblestone
- alley
- artery
- asphalt
- avenue
- back street
- bedrock
- boulder
- boulevard
- brick
- byway
- cobblestone
- concrete
- course
- crag
- crossroad
- crust
- direction
- drag
- dragway
- drive
- earth
- expressway
- flagstone
- freeway
- gravel
- highway
- lane
- lava
- lay asphalt
- lay concrete
- line
- lodge
- macadamize
- main drag
- mass
- metal
- mineral
- ore
- parking lot
- parkway
- passage
- path
- pathway
- pavement
- pebble
- pike
- promontory
- quarry
- reef
- roadway
- route
- rubble
- shelf
- slab
- slag
- street
- subway
- superhighway
- surface
- tar
- terrace
- thoroughfare
- throughway
- thruway
- tile
- track
- trail
- turnpike
- viaduct
- way
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