cobblestone
Plural: cobblestones
Noun
- rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
- A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.
- Cobblestones viewed as a building or paving material.
Verb
- pave with cobblestones
Examples
- The road was paved in cobblestone.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English cobylstone, cobyllstone, kobilstane, kobill-stane, equivalent to cobble + stone. Compare Old Norse köppusteinn (“boulder”), Danish kampesten (“boulder”).
Scrabble Score: 17
cobblestone: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcobblestone: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cobblestone: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 22
cobblestone: valid Words With Friends Word