■ noun waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings.
Derivatives
~d adjective
rubbly adjective
Origin
ME: perh. from an Anglo-Norman Fr. alt. of OFr. robe 'spoils'; cf. rubbish .
■ noun waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings.
Derivatives
~d adjective
rubbly adjective
Origin
ME: perh. from an Anglo-Norman Fr. alt. of OFr. robe 'spoils'; cf. rubbish .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004