RUBBLE


Meaning of RUBBLE in English

■ 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 .

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