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Marble

/ˈmɑːbəl/

A rock of crystalline limestone.

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📖 Definitions of "Marble"

noun

1
A rock of crystalline limestone.
2
(games) A small ball, usually of glass or ceramic.
3
An artwork made from marble.
"The Elgin Marbles were originally part of the temple of the Parthenon."

verb

1
To cause (something to have) the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example by mixing viscous ingredients incompletely, or by applying paint or other colorants unevenly.
2
To get or have the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example due to the incomplete mixing of viscous ingredients, or the uneven application of paint or other colorants.
3
To cause meat, usually beef, pork, or lamb, to be interlaced with fat so that its appearance resembles that of marble.
4
(of meat, especially beef) To become interlaced with fat; (of fat) to interlace through meat.

adjective

1
Made of, or resembling, marble.
"a marble mantel"
2
Cold; hard; unfeeling.
"a marble heart"

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Marble"

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stonenoun	(uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
agatenoun	(countable, uncountable, mineralogy) A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.
woodennoun	A surname.
slabnoun	A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
lognoun	The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
platenoun	A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or eaten.
ballnoun	A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
keelnoun	(nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
surfacenoun	The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
mibnoun	(games) A marble (glass ball used in games), especially one used as a target.
newtnoun	A small lizard-like amphibian in the subfamily Pleurodelinae that lives in the water as an adult.
runnoun	Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
beadnoun	A small, round object with a hole to allow it to be threaded on a cord or wire, particularly for decorative purposes.
hermnoun	One of the Channel Islands and part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
unmoved	Not affected emotionally, or not showing emotion.
aggienoun	(US, informal) An agricultural school, such as one of the state land-grant colleges.
glassienoun	Alternative form of glassy [A glass marble.]
commienoun	(derogatory, slang) A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.
alleynoun	A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.
shooternoun	Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer, etc.