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cobblestone

/ˈkɑbl̩ˌstoʊn/ noun C2
  1. A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads. (countable)
  2. Cobblestones viewed as a building or paving material. (uncountable) · The road was paved in cobblestone.

Plural cobblestones

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A great roofless palace crowned the hill, and the marble of the courtyards and the fountains was split, and stained with red and green, and the very cobblestones in the courtyard where the king’s elephants used to live had been thrust up and apart by grasses and young trees.
The Jungle Book, p. 48 · B2
I guess I can sell papers or lay cobblestones, and bring in a dollar or two.”
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 3 · C1

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