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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a small smooth rounded rock;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pebble \Peb"ble\, n. [AS. papolst[=a]n; cf. L. papula pimple, mote. See Stone.] 1. A small roundish piece of stone; especially, a stone worn and rounded by the action of water; a pebblestone. "The pebbles on the hungry beach." --Shak. [1913 Webster] As children gathering pebbles on the shore. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Transparent and colorless rock crystal; as, Brazilian pebble; -- so called by opticians. [1913 Webster] Pebble powder, slow-burning gunpowder, in large cubical grains. Scotch pebble, varieties of quartz, as agate, chalcedony, etc., obtained from cavities in amygdaloid. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pebble \Peb"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pebbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pebbling.] To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pebble n 1: a small smooth rounded rock
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

Pebble A polymorphic language. ["A Kernel Language for Abstract Data Types and Modules", R.M. Burstall & B. Lampson, in Semantics of Data Types, LNCS 173, Springer 1984]. (1995-01-26)