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rubble | bolder |

As a noun rubble

is the broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry.

As an adjective bolder is

(bold).

rubble

English

Noun

  • The broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry.
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  • (geology) A mass or stratum of fragments of rock lying under the alluvium and derived from the neighbouring rock.
    • (Lyell)
  • (UK, dialect, in the plural) The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc.
    • (Simmonds)

    Derived terms

    * reduce to rubble * rubblestone * rubblework

    Related terms

    * rubbish

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    bolder

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (bold)
    • ----

    bold

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) bold, from (etyl) bold, blod, bolt, .

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A dwelling; habitation; building.
    • Related terms
    * *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) bold, bald, beald, from (etyl) bald, .

    Adjective

    (boldness) (er)
  • Courageous, daring.
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    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.}}
  • * 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
    • It would be extraordinarily bold of me to give it a try after seeing what has happened to you.
  • (of a font) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
  • Presumptuous.
  • * 1748 , (David Hume), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 9.
    • even the boldest and most affirmative philosophy, that has ever attempted to impose its crude dictates and principles on mankind.
    Synonyms
    * (courageous) audacious, brave, courageous, daring, forward * See also
    Related terms
    * embolden

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make (a font or some text) bold.
  • (obsolete) To make bold or daring.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (obsolete) To become bold.
    • (Webster 1913) ----