Meanings
plural cobblestones · alternative cobble-stone
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.
More synonyms by meaning
nounrectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishcobylstone
- Englishcobblestone
From Middle English cobylstone, cobyllstone, kobilstane, kobill-stane, equivalent to cobble + stone. Compare Old Norse köppusteinn (“boulder”), Danish kampesten (“boulder”).
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque galtzada-harri
- galtzada-harria rounded stone
Bulgarian объл камък
- объл камък (obăl kamăk)a rounded stone
Catalan còdol, llamborda
- còdola rounded stone
- llambordaa rounded stone
Chinese Mandarin 鵝卵石 /鹅卵石
- 鵝卵石 /鹅卵石 (éluǎnshí)a rounded stone
Czech kočičí hlava
- kočičí hlavaa rounded stone
Danish brosten
- brostena rounded stone
Dutch keisteen, kassei
- keisteena rounded stone
- kasseia rounded stone
- kasseisteena rounded stone
Estonian munakivi
- munakivia rounded stone
Finnish mukulakivi
- mukulakivia rounded stone
French pavé
- pavéa rounded stone
German Katzenkopf, Katzenkopfpflasterstein
- Katzenkopfa rounded stone
- Katzenkopfpflastersteina rounded stone
- Pflastersteina rounded stone
Greek κροκάλα, σκύρο
- κροκάλα (krokála)a rounded stone
- σκύρο (skýro)a rounded stone
Hungarian macskakő
- macskakőa rounded stone
Irish doirneog
- doirneoga rounded stone
Italian pavé, ciottolo
- pavéa rounded stone
- ciottoloa rounded stone
- ciottolatoa rounded stone
Japanese 丸石, 玉石
- 丸石 (maruishi)a rounded stone
- 玉石 (tamaishi)a rounded stone
Latvian bruģakmens
- bruģakmensa rounded stone
Lithuanian grindinio akmuo
- grindinio akmuoa rounded stone
Norwegian Bokmål brostein
- brosteina rounded stone
Polish brukowiec, otoczak
- brukowieca rounded stone
- otoczaka rounded stone
- bruka rounded stone
Portuguese pedregulho, pedras arredondadas
- pedregulhoa rounded stone
- pedras arredondadasa rounded stone
- paralelepípedoa rounded stone
- calçamentoa rounded stone
Romanian piatră de râu
- piatră de râua rounded stone
Russian булы́жник
- булы́жник (bulýžnik)a rounded stone
Spanish adoquín
- adoquína rounded stone
Swedish kullersten
- kullerstena rounded stone
Ukrainian брукі́вка
- брукі́вка (brukívka)a rounded stone
Yiddish ברוק
- ברוק (bruk)a rounded stone
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cobblestone
Cite this entry
cobblestone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cobblestone
“cobblestone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cobblestone. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cobblestone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cobblestone.
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