Marble

Quick meaning: Marble is a noun meaning (uncountable, petrology) A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.

Meaning

(uncountable, petrology) A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.

More Meanings

1. (countable, games) A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic.
2. (in the plural, archaeology) Statues made from marble.
3. The marbling in meat.
4. (transitive) To cause meat, usually beef, pork, or lamb, to be interlaced with fat so that its appearance resembles that of marble.
5. (intransitive, of meat, especially beef) To become interlaced with fat; (of fat) to interlace through meat.
6. (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.
7. (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.

Example Sentences

The marble is graded using the Australian system.

In the operation of marbling the edges of the books, [...]

Open thy marble jaws, O tomb / And hide me, earth, in thy dark womb.

The Elgin Marbles were originally part of the temple of the Parthenon.

Word Forms

• marbles
• marbling
• marbled

Synonyms for marble

Depending on context, synonyms include marbleize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stone, agate, slab, log, plate, ball.

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