đá hộc
Definition
- Noun:
- Rubble stone / Rough-hewn stone: Large, irregularly shaped, and roughly dressed stones, often used in construction for foundations, retaining walls, or as a base layer.
- Fieldstone / Boulder: Naturally occurring, uncut stones of substantial size, typically gathered from fields or riverbeds.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Họ dùng đá hộc để xây móng nhà. (They used rubble stone to build the house's foundation.)
- Bức tường rào được xây từ những viên đá hộc. (The fence wall was built from rough-hewn stones.)
- Công nhân đang chất đống đá hộc bên cạnh công trường. (Workers are piling up fieldstones next to the construction site.)
Advanced Usage
- In civil engineering and architecture, "đá hộc" refers specifically to construction-grade stone that is too large to be called gravel but is not precisely cut like dimension stone. It is valued for its strength and drainage properties.
Variants and Related Words
- Đá tảng (n): A very large boulder or rock.
- Đá dăm (n): Crushed stone or gravel, which is much smaller than "đá hộc".
- Đá xây (n): General term for building stone.
Synonyms
- Rubble
- Rough stone
- Fieldstone
- Boulder (for larger pieces)
Related Terms
- Libage (French loanword in technical contexts): A term from masonry referring to rough, uncoursed stonework, often used as a direct equivalent for "đá hộc" in technical descriptions.
- Masonry: The craft of building with stone.