ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Marblelike

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Marblelike is an adjective meaning Resembling marble stone.

Meaning

Resembling marble stone.

More Meanings

  1. Resembling a marble or marbles.

Example Sentences

They were diverse morphologically--rods, spirals, marblelike cells--but they all had the same kind of biochemistry.
Physicists back then explained the durability of matter by assuming that it was made up of identical, indestructible, marblelike atoms.
Meanwhile, Ann Bartek's semiabstract set--a mostly bare marblelike playing area decorated with straight and jagged stripes suggesting telephone wires—reminds us that this is a story steeped in a world-changing technological revolution.

Synonyms for marblelike

Depending on context, synonyms include marmoreal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include marbled, marblish, stonelike, marble, marmoreal, alabasterlike.

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