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   rubble

   /ˈrʌbl/

   noun

   • 1. waste or rough fragments of stone, brick, concrete, etc., especially as the debris from the demolition of buildings: "two buildings collapsed, trapping scores of people in the rubble"
   • ▪ pieces of rough or undressed stone used in building walls, especially as filling for cavities: "the tower is built of stone rubble faced with ashlar"

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. rubbly adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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