dibble
pronunciation
How to pronounce dibble in British English:
UK ['dɪb(ə)l]
How to pronounce dibble in American English:
US [ 'dɪbl]
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- Noun:
- a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs
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- Verb:
- plant with a wooden hand tool
- make a hole with a wooden hand tool
Word Origin
- dibble (n.)
- "tool to make a hole in the soil (as to plant seeds)," mid-15c., probably from Middle English dibben (perhaps akin to dip) + instrumental suffix -el (1). The verb is from 1580s. Related: Dibbled; dibbling.
Example
- 1. Dibble seeding machine enters digital music period .
- 2. Make a hole with a dibble or as if with a dibble .
- 3. Today , is seasonal changes that fulfillment that beginning , dibble .
- 4. Us military facilities with 15000 personnel on six bases in italy " provide unmatched freedom of action and are critical to our ability to project stability into the mediterranean , middle east and north africa " , ms dibble wrote .