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• rubble — [[t]rʌ̱b(ə)l[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT When a building is destroyed, the pieces of brick, stone, or other materials that remain are referred to as rubble. Thousands of bodies are still buried under the rubble... Entire suburbs have been reduced to rubble …   English dictionary

• BRICK —    Brick is a form of man made masonry that can be layered to enclose a space or held together with a mortar binder to create a structural support. Brick is made of a mixture of clay and sand, while the mortar is made of sand and a paste. The… …   Historical Dictionary of Architecture

• Brick Romanesque — ( de. Backsteinromanik) is an architectural style and chronological phase of architectural history. The term described Romanesque buildings built of brick; like the subsequent Brick Gothic, it is geographically limited to Northern Germany and the …   Wikipedia

• rubble — ► NOUN ▪ rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings. DERIVATIVES rubbly adjective. ORIGIN perhaps from Old French robe spoils ; compare with RUBBISH(Cf. ↑rubbishy) …   English terms dictionary

• Brick — For other uses, see Brick (disambiguation). An old brick wall in English bond laid with alternating courses of headers and stretchers …   Wikipedia

• rubble masonry — also called  rubblework        the use of undressed, rough stone, generally in the construction of walls (wall). Dry stone random rubble walls, for which rough stones are piled up without mortar, are the most basic form. An intermediate method is …   Universalium

• rubble — rub|ble [ rʌbl ] noun uncount broken pieces of stone and brick from buildings, walls, etc. that have been destroyed: reduce something to rubble (=destroy it completely): A bomb reduced the houses to rubble …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• rubble — UK [ˈrʌb(ə)l] / US noun [uncountable] broken pieces of stone and brick from buildings, walls etc that have been destroyed reduce something to rubble (= destroy it completely): A bomb reduced the houses to rubble …   English dictionary

• rubble — noun waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings. Derivatives rubbled adjective rubbly adjective Origin ME: perh. from an Anglo Norman Fr. alt. of OFr. robe spoils ; cf.… …   English new terms dictionary

• rubble — [ˈrʌb(ə)l] noun [U] broken pieces of stone and brick from buildings that have been destroyed …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• rubble — /ˈrʌbəl / (say rubuhl) noun 1. rough fragments of broken stone, formed by geological action, in quarrying, etc., and sometimes used in masonry. 2. rough fragments of brick, concrete, or any other building material, especially when re used for… …