rubble (B2)
noun
Pronunciation: /ˈrʌb.əl/
Definition
Broken pieces of stone, brick, or other material from a building or wall that has been destroyed or damaged.
Examples
The rescue team searched through the rubble for survivors.
The old house was reduced to rubble after the fire.
Workers cleared the rubble from the construction site.
How to Use rubble
- rubble from (prepositional phrase)
- Indicating the source or origin of the rubble. — "They salvaged usable bricks from the rubble from the old church."
- rubble of (prepositional phrase)
- Indicating what the rubble used to be part of. — "The rubble of the collapsed bridge lay in the river."
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