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# rubble

noun (rubble — uncountable)

«rubble» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Broken pieces of stone, brick and concrete left when a building falls down or is knocked down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubble/#m1)
2. Rough broken stones used to fill gaps or make a base for a path or wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubble/#m2)

### In the lessons

In news and history (earthquakes, wars, bombing in the Blitz), rubble shows destruction; rescuers search the rubble for survivors. In building, rubble is used as hardcore under paths. Phrases: «reduced to rubble», «pile of rubble», «search the rubble», «buried under rubble».

### Examples

- After the earthquake, houses were reduced to rubble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubble/#x1)
- Rescuers dug through the rubble to find survivors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubble/#x2)
- The old factory is now just a pile of rubble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubble/#x3)
- During the war, many cities were full of rubble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubble/#x4)
- Builders used rubble to fill the hole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubble/#x5)
- The dog sniffed the rubble for people trapped inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubble/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable: «a pile of rubble», not «a rubble». Safety: never play on building sites or in rubble; it can collapse. Similar: debris, wreckage, ruins.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rubble» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rubble/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rubble» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rubble.html) on Mova free.