pebble
/ˈpɛbəl/ noun B2- A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
- A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.
- Transparent and colourless rock crystal. · Brazilian pebble
- A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains.
- A small piece of crack cocaine.
Plural pebbles
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“A barrowful of _what?_” thought Alice; but she had not long to doubt, for the next moment a shower of little pebbles came rattling in at the window, and some of them hit her in the face.
Alice noticed with some surprise that the pebbles were all turning into little cakes as they lay on the floor, and a bright idea came into her head.
At last--and Mother Wolf’s neck bristles lifted as the time came--Father Wolf pushed “Mowgli the Frog,” as they called him, into the center, where he sat laughing and playing with some pebbles that glistened in the moonlight.
Mowgli was still deeply interested in the pebbles, and he did not notice when the wolves came and looked at him one by one.
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