rubble

Definitions


[ˈrʌbl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings
(e.g: two buildings collapsed, trapping scores of people in the rubble)


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Origin:
late Middle English: perhaps from an Anglo-Norman French alteration of Old French robe ‘spoils’; compare with rubbish




definition by Oxford Dictionaries