"rubble" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹʌb.əl/ Audio: en-us-rubble.ogg [US] Forms: rubbles [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌbəl Etymology: From Middle English rouble, rubel, robel, robeil, from Anglo-Norman *robel (“bits of broken stone”). Presumably related to rubbish, originally of same meaning (waste material, bits of stone, rubble). Ultimately presumably from Old Norse rubba (“to huddle, crowd together, heap up", possibly also "to rub, scrape”), from Proto-Germanic *rubbōną (“to rub, scrape”), related to Proto-Germanic *reufaną (“to tear”), *raubōną (“to rob, steal, plunder”), perhaps via Old French robe (English rob (“steal”)) in sense of “plunder, destroy”; see also Middle English, Middle French -el. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rouble}} Middle English rouble, {{m|enm|rubel}} rubel, {{m|enm|robel}} robel, {{m|enm|robeil}} robeil, {{der|en|xno|*robel|t=bits of broken stone}} Anglo-Norman *robel (“bits of broken stone”), {{m|en|rubbish}} rubbish, {{gl|waste material, bits of stone, rubble}} (waste material, bits of stone, rubble), {{der|en|non|rubba|t=to huddle, crowd together, heap up", possibly also "to rub, scrape}} Old Norse rubba (“to huddle, crowd together, heap up", possibly also "to rub, scrape”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*rubbōną|t=to rub, scrape}} Proto-Germanic *rubbōną (“to rub, scrape”), {{m+|gem-pro|*reufaną|t=to tear}} Proto-Germanic *reufaną (“to tear”), {{m|gem-pro|*raubōną|t=to rob, steal, plunder}} *raubōną (“to rob, steal, plunder”), {{der|en|fro|robe}} Old French robe, {{m|en|rob||steal}} rob (“steal”), {{m|frm|-el}} -el Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rubble (countable and uncountable, plural rubbles)
  1. The broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry): أَنْقَاض (ʔanqāḍ) [plural] (Arabic), zabor (Basque), адло́мкі (adlómki) [masculine, plural] (Belarusian), абло́мкі (ablómki) [masculine, plural] (Belarusian), шчэ́бень (ščébjenʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), друз (druz) [masculine] (Belarusian), dismantr [masculine] (Breton), отло́мки (otlómki) [masculine, plural] (Bulgarian), reble [masculine] (Catalan), 瓦礫 (Chinese Mandarin), 瓦砾 (wǎlì) (Chinese Mandarin), 碎石 (suìshí) (Chinese Mandarin), suť [feminine] (Czech), puin [neuter] (Dutch), ŝtonetaro (Esperanto), rubo (Esperanto), kiviprügi (Estonian), klibu (Estonian), killustik (Estonian), rauniot (Finnish), décombres [masculine, plural] (French), débris [masculine] (French), gravats [masculine, plural, plural-only] (French), entullo [masculine] (Galician), reblo [masculine] (Galician), rello [masculine] (Galician), rebo [masculine] (Galician), cascabullo [masculine] (Galician), Schutt [masculine] (German), törmelék (Hungarian), sitt (Hungarian), rústir [feminine, plural] (Icelandic), exkavuro (Ido), eskombro (Ido), puing (Indonesian), calcinacci [masculine, plural] (Italian), macerie [feminine, plural] (Italian), detriti [masculine, plural] (Italian), 瓦礫 (gareki) (alt: がれき) (Japanese), 파편 (papyeon) (alt: 破片) (Korean), 와력 (waryeok) (alt: 瓦礫) (Korean), strāgēs [feminine] (Latin), rūdus [neuter] (Latin), griuvėsiai [masculine, plural] (Lithuanian), puing (Malay), مولوز (moloz) (Ottoman Turkish), rumowisko [neuter] (Polish), entulho (english: resulting from construction works) [masculine] (Portuguese), escombros (english: resulting from destruction) [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), moloz (Romanian), dărâmătură (Romanian), обло́мки (oblómki) [masculine, plural] (Russian), ще́бень (ščébenʹ) [masculine] (Russian), escombros [masculine, plural] (Spanish), fusi (Swahili), bråte [common-gender] (Swedish), گیلی (gili) [Asalemi] (Talysh), རྡོ་ཧྲུག (rdo hrug) (Tibetan), moloz (Turkish), ула́мки (ulámky) [masculine, plural] (Ukrainian), ще́бінь (ščébinʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-rubble-en-noun-XULwBzNu Disambiguation of 'the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry': 98 1 1
  2. (geology) A mass or stratum of fragments of rock lying under the alluvium and derived from the neighbouring rock. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-rubble-en-noun-TJH8uVH~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 58 33 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  3. (UK, dialect, in the plural) The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc. Tags: UK, countable, dialectal, in-plural, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rubble-en-noun-VRB~M8f9 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bounce rubble, bounce the rubble, rubble crab, rubble pile, rubblestone, rubblework, rubbly Related terms: rubbish

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28",
          "text": "Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.[…]Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.",
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "word": "zabor"
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            "plural"
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        },
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            "plural"
          ],
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        },
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          "roman": "ščébjenʹ",
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          "tags": [
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          "roman": "druz",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "друз"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dismantr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otlómki",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "отло́мки"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "reble"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "瓦礫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wǎlì",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "瓦砾"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "suìshí",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "碎石"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "suť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "puin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "ŝtonetaro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "rubo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "kiviprügi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "klibu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "killustik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "rauniot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "décombres"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "débris"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural",
            "plural-only"
          ],
          "word": "gravats"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "entullo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "reblo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rello"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rebo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cascabullo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schutt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "törmelék"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "sitt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "rústir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "exkavuro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "eskombro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "puing"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "calcinacci"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "macerie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "detriti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "alt": "がれき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gareki",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "瓦礫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "alt": "破片",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "papyeon",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "파편"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "alt": "瓦礫",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "waryeok",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "와력"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "strāgēs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "rūdus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "griuvėsiai"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "puing"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "moloz",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "مولوز"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "rumowisko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "english": "resulting from construction works",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "entulho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "english": "resulting from destruction",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "escombros"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "moloz"
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "word": "dărâmătură"
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          "roman": "oblómki",
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            "masculine",
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        },
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          "roman": "ščébenʹ",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "escombros"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "fusi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "roman": "gili",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "Asalemi"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "rdo hrug",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "རྡོ་ཧྲུག"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "word": "moloz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "roman": "ulámky",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "ула́мки"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ščébinʹ",
          "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ще́бінь"
        }
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        "The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc."
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        "(UK, dialect, in the plural) The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc."
      ],
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        "The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc."
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        "plural"
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      "code": "eu",
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      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "zabor"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "adlómki",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "адло́мкі"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "ablómki",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "абло́мкі"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "ščébjenʹ",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шчэ́бень"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "druz",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "друз"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dismantr"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otlómki",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "отло́мки"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reble"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "瓦礫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wǎlì",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "瓦砾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suìshí",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "碎石"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "suť"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "puin"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "ŝtonetaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "rubo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "kiviprügi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "klibu"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "killustik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "rauniot"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "décombres"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "débris"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ],
      "word": "gravats"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "entullo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reblo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rello"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rebo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cascabullo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schutt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "törmelék"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "sitt"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "rústir"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "exkavuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "eskombro"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "puing"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "calcinacci"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "macerie"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "detriti"
    },
    {
      "alt": "がれき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gareki",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "瓦礫"
    },
    {
      "alt": "破片",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "papyeon",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "파편"
    },
    {
      "alt": "瓦礫",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "waryeok",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "와력"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "strāgēs"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rūdus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "griuvėsiai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "puing"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "moloz",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "مولوز"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rumowisko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "english": "resulting from construction works",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "entulho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "english": "resulting from destruction",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "escombros"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "moloz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "dărâmătură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oblómki",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "обло́мки"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ščébenʹ",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ще́бень"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "escombros"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "fusi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bråte"
    },
    {
      "code": "tly",
      "lang": "Talysh",
      "roman": "gili",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "Asalemi"
      ],
      "word": "گیلی"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "rdo hrug",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "རྡོ་ཧྲུག"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "word": "moloz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ulámky",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ула́мки"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ščébinʹ",
      "sense": "the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ще́бінь"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rubble"
}

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