seixo — meaning in English

English meaning

• pebble noun A small stone, especially one smoothed and rounded by water.
• stone noun A hard natural material, or a piece of it, such as rock or a pebble.

Senses

seixo is used for these senses in English:

• pebble A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
• pebble (geology) A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
• stone (printing, historical) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing.

pebble — full definition

1. noun A small stone, especially one smoothed and rounded by water.
2. verb To give leather or another surface a bumpy, textured finish.

stone — full definition

1. noun A hard natural material, or a piece of it, such as rock or a pebble.
2. noun A precious gem, especially a diamond or other jewel.
3. noun A British unit of weight equal to 14 pounds, mainly used for a person's body weight.
4. noun The hard pit at the center of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
5. verb To throw stones at someone or something, especially as punishment.

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