Definition of rubble
1a : broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building fortifications knocked into rubble — C. S. Foresterb : a miscellaneous confused mass or group of usually broken or worthless things
2 : waterworn or rough broken stones or bricks used in coarse masonry or in filling courses of walls
3 : rough stone as it comes from the quarry
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Examples of rubble in a Sentence
Rescue workers managed to pull two injured people out of the rubble.
The earthquake reduced the whole town to rubble.
Origin and Etymology of rubble
Middle English robyl
First Known Use: 14th century
rubble
Definition of rubble
rubbled
;rubbling
play \-b(ə-)liŋ\transitive verb
: to reduce to rubble
1944
First Known Use of rubble
1944
RUBBLE Defined for English Language Learners
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: broken pieces of stone, brick, etc., from walls or buildings that have fallen
RUBBLE Defined for Kids
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: rough broken pieces of stone or brick from buildings
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