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pebbles

/ˈpɛbəlz/

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noun

Guijarros, cantos rodados

A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.

Examples :

"The children collected smooth, colorful pebbles from the beach to decorate their sandcastle. "

Los niños recogieron guijarros lisos y coloridos de la playa para decorar su castillo de arena.

geology material nature environment

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noun

Guijarros, cantos rodados

A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

Examples :

"The children collected pebbles of various sizes along the riverbank, some as small as your thumb, others as large as your fist. "

Los niños recogieron guijarros de varios tamaños a lo largo de la orilla del río, algunos tan pequeños como tu pulgar, otros tan grandes como tu puño.

geology material nature environment

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noun

Pequeñas gotas de agua rociadas intencionalmente sobre el hielo

A small droplet of water intentionally sprayed on the ice that cause irregularities on the surface.

Examples :

"The curling team carefully sprayed water to create pebbles on the ice, which help control the stone's path. "

El equipo de curling roció cuidadosamente agua para crear pequeñas gotas en el hielo, lo que ayuda a controlar la trayectoria de la piedra.

sport technical

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noun

Guijarros, cristal de roca

Transparent and colourless rock crystal.

Examples :

"Brazilian pebble"

Guijarro brasileño

geology material

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noun

Pólvora granulada

A form of slow-burning gunpowder in large cubical grains.

Examples :

"The old artillery piece used pebbles to launch its heavy iron balls, ensuring a slow, powerful burn for maximum range. "

La antigua pieza de artillería usaba pólvora granulada para lanzar sus pesadas bolas de hierro, asegurando una combustión lenta y potente para un alcance máximo.

material substance military weapon

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verb

Empedrar

To pave with pebbles.

Examples :

"We plan to pebble the garden path this weekend to make it more attractive. "

Planeamos empedrar el camino del jardín este fin de semana para que sea más atractivo.

material architecture building

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verb

Cubrir con gotas de hielo

To deposit water droplets on the ice.

Examples :

"to pebble the ice between games"

Cubrir con gotas de hielo el hielo entre los juegos.

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verb

Granular

To give (leather) a rough appearance with small rounded prominences.

Examples :

"The artisan pebbles the leather of the new handbag to give it a textured, more durable finish. "

El artesano granula el cuero del nuevo bolso para darle un acabado texturizado y más duradero.

appearance material

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verb

Colocar una piedra

To place a pebble at (a vertex of a graph) according to certain rules; see pebble game.

Examples :

"The students will learn to pebble the vertices of a simple graph according to the professor's rules, aiming to reach the target vertex. "

Los estudiantes aprenderán a colocar piedras en los vértices de un grafo simple según las reglas del profesor, con el objetivo de alcanzar el vértice objetivo.