marble
IPA: mˈɑrbʌɫ
noun
- (uncountable, petrology) A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.
- (countable, games) A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic.
- (in the plural, archaeology) Statues made from marble.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive) 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.
- (intransitive) 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.
- (transitive) To cause meat, usually beef, pork, or lamb, to be interlaced with fat so that its appearance resembles that of marble.
- (intransitive, of meat, especially beef) To become interlaced with fat; (of fat) to interlace through meat.
- (by extension, figurative) To lace or be laced throughout.
adjective
- Made of, or resembling, marble.
- (figurative) Cold; hard; unfeeling.
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Examples of "marble" in Sentences
- There are honeyed marble floors.
- There is a collection of marble statuary.
- Marble is the metamorphic carbonate rock.
- It is commonly known as the marbled malachite.
- The exterior of the building is faced with marble.
- The floor is of marble, and a checkered one at that.
- Its lifelike sculptures in marble are unique in India.
- The walls were covered with marble and polychrome stone.
- The mosque is lavishly decorated with polychrome marble and stones.
- Oddly, the person to knock in the last marble in the hole wins the marbles.
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