rubble
The broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry.
Other meanings
A mass or stratum of fragments of rock lying under the alluvium and derived from the neighbouring rock.
The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc.
Synonyms
- debris
- dust
- detritus
A kind of
- rubbish
Related words
- rubblization
- rubblize
- rubble crab
- rubble pile
- rubblestone
- rubblework
- rubbly
Word history
From Old Norse "rubba".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “rubble” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.