2021-7-22 · rubble ( countable and uncountable, plural rubbles ) The broken remains of an object, usually rock or masonry . quotations . 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt''s Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 72]: The old boulevard now was a sagging ruin, waiting for the wreckers. …. You''d have to loathe yourself vividly to be indifferent to such destruction or, worse ...