RUBBLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does rubble mean? • RUBBLE (noun)
The noun RUBBLE has 1 sense:
1. the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
Familiarity information: RUBBLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RUBBLE (noun)
Meaning:
The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
debris; detritus; junk; rubble; dust
Hypernyms ("rubble" is a kind of...):
rubbish; scrap; trash (worthless material that is to be disposed of)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rubble"):
slack (dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve)
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