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Piece of natural stone used for paving roads, sett is distinct from a cobblestone by being quarried and shaped to a regular form, whereas cobblestone naturally have a rounded shape due to erosion.

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        adoquín
        portugués
        paralelepípedo

        Rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads.

              paralelepípedo
              Synonyms
              Examples for "cobble"
              Examples for "cobble"
              1
              The big cannons boomed up the narrow cobble-paved road from the field.
              Red Fleece
              2
              The rattle of wheels on the cobble-stones died out almost at once.
              The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes
              3
              They are pulling six oars, and the cobble is full of men.
              The Northern Iron
              4
              I used to cobble for old nurse when I was at home.
              The Rebel of the School
              5
              It comes with a cobble-locked driveway, a garden and a paved patio.
              Independent.ie
              1
              Lisette guided him along the cobblestone pathways, unerring, sure of her destination.
              The blood that bonds
              2
              Dark water gushed and gurgled past their feet along the cobblestone riverbed.
              Dragons of autumn twilight
              3
              And it could not have more room unless a cobblestone were removed.
              Music Talks with Children
              4
              The instant his feet touched cobblestone, he bolted, hearing Chane close behind.
              Thief of lives
              5
              Just another high cobblestone wall, stretching up into the infinite blackness overhead.
              Ready Player One
              Usage of sett in inglés
              1
              I knew that was why she called you into the sett'n room.
              The Phantom Herd
              2
              They repair, each sett of them, to their respective places of meeting.
              A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 / Taken from a View of the ...
              3
              Every family should possess a sett of one of the editions.
              Helen and Arthur; or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel
              4
              The day the speaker arrived, I sett up on my iPhone just to experiment.
              Wired
              5
              I was moved of ye Lord to sett ye Seede Christ Jesus over his heade!
              Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries
              6
              Poor James Penrose's pitch was the next sett.
              Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines
              7
              Dowagers love equipage; and these cannot travel ten miles without a sett, and half a dozen horsemen.
              Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7
              8
              Police caught Graham Howard, David Charles and Darren Swanson in the act of digging into the sett.
              The Irish Times
              9
              I promised them a sett after tea.
              The Keeper of the Door
              10
              If you put a high seat over a sett you could kill most of them fairly quickly.
              The Guardian
              11
              They have footage, she said, of a badger climbing a fence to get back to its old sett.
              The Guardian
              12
              Was there agreed and sett
              The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2
              13
              Till it became laite, and eftir sune-sett, that they were faine to dimitt us to the nixt calling for.'
              Andrew Melville
              14
              The sett for a badger?
              The Irish Times
              15
              A DOG got into deep trouble yesterday when he disappeared into a badger sett close to Áras an Uachtaráin.
              The Irish Times
              16
              An RSPCA inspector, police and ecological experts, examined the badger sett area and found clear evidence of badgers living there.
              The Guardian
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              Translations for sett
              Sett through the time