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marble
noun
1 a geol a hard, metamorphic rock formed of recrystallized limestone or dolomite, white when pure but usually mottled or streaked;
b any such rock that can be highly polished, used in building and sculpture.
2 in children's games: a small hard ball, now usually made of glass, but originally made of marble. See also marbles.
3 a work of art, tombstone, tomb, slab or other object made of marble.
verb (marbled , marbling ) to stain, vein or paint something (especially paper) to resemble marble.
[13c in the form marbre : French, from Latin marmor , from Greek marmaros , from marmairein to sparkle]
marbled adjective
1 mottled, or having irregular streaks of different colours, like marble.
2 made with or of marble marbled halls .
marbling noun
1 a marbled appearance or colouring, eg in meat with streaks of fat.
2 the practice or act of streaking, veining or painting (especially the endpapers or edges of a book) in imitation of marble.
marbly adjective .
noun
1 a geol a hard, metamorphic rock formed of recrystallized limestone or dolomite, white when pure but usually mottled or streaked;
b any such rock that can be highly polished, used in building and sculpture.
2 in children's games: a small hard ball, now usually made of glass, but originally made of marble. See also marbles.
3 a work of art, tombstone, tomb, slab or other object made of marble.
verb (marbled , marbling ) to stain, vein or paint something (especially paper) to resemble marble.
[13c in the form marbre : French, from Latin marmor , from Greek marmaros , from marmairein to sparkle]
marbled adjective
1 mottled, or having irregular streaks of different colours, like marble.
2 made with or of marble marbled halls .
marbling noun
1 a marbled appearance or colouring, eg in meat with streaks of fat.
2 the practice or act of streaking, veining or painting (especially the endpapers or edges of a book) in imitation of marble.
marbly adjective .
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