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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
pebble .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Stucco masons may also embed marble or gravel chips into the finish coat to achieve a pebblelike, decorative finish.
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A hard, pebblelike material deposited in the gallbladder or bile ducts by the process of chemical precipitation.
gallstone 2002
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She lifted the pebblelike objects, and with a fingernail, picked off bits of deposit.
Priceless Mariah Stewart 1999
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She lifted the pebblelike objects, and with a fingernail, picked off bits of deposit.
Priceless Mariah Stewart 1999
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How try to explain it, her buttocks flooded with this pain, itching with it, the welts little hard pebblelike bits of pain, and those fingers pinching them and then releasing them.
Claiming Of Sleeping Beauty Rice, Anne, 1941- 1996
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The same goes for all the transparent panels on sweaters and polos, and the colored pebblelike embellishment on shirts, shorts and a cocktail party-ready shift dress.
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Granular insulation, a small pebblelike material, is commonly referred to as vermiculite.
The Seattle Times 2010
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