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marble
1[ mahr-buhl ]
noun
- metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- any variety of this stone:
Carrara marble.
- an object made of or carved from this stone, especially a sculpture:
Renaissance marbles.
- a piece of this stone:
the fallen marbles of Roman ruins.
- (not in technical use) any of various breccias or other stones that take a high polish and show a variegated pattern.
- a marbled appearance or pattern; marbling:
The woodwork had a greenish marble.
- anything resembling marble in hardness, coldness, smoothness, etc.:
a brow of marble.
- something lacking in warmth or feeling.
- a little ball made of stone, baked clay, glass, porcelain, agate, or steel, especially for use in games.
- marbles, (used with a singular verb) a game for children in which a marble is propelled by the thumb to hit another marble so as to drive it out of a circle drawn or scratched on the ground.
- marbles, Slang. normal rational faculties; sanity; wits; common sense:
to have all one's marbles; to lose one's marbles.
adjective
- consisting or made of marble.
- like marble, as in hardness, coldness, smoothness, etc.
- lacking in warmth, compassion, or sympathy:
marble heart.
- of variegated or mottled color.
verb (used with object)
- to color or stain like variegated marble.
- to apply a decorative pattern to (paper, the edges of a book, etc.) by transferring oil pigments floating on water.
Marble
2[ mahr-buhl ]
noun
- Alice, 1913–90, U.S. tennis player.
marble
/ ˈ³¾É‘˲úÉ™±ô /
noun
- a hard crystalline metamorphic rock resulting from the recrystallization of a limestone: takes a high polish and is used for building and sculpture
- ( as modifier ) marmoreal
a marble bust
- a block or work of art of marble
- a small round glass or stone ball used in playing marbles
- make one's marble good informal.to succeed or do the right thing
- pass in one's marble informal.to die
verb
- tr to mottle with variegated streaks in imitation of marble
adjective
- cold, hard, or unresponsive
- white like some kinds of marble
marble
/ ³¾Ã¤°ù′²úÉ™±ô /
- A metamorphic rock consisting primarily of calcite and dolomite. Marble is formed by the metamorphism of limestone. Although it is usually white to gray in color, it often has irregularly colored marks due to the presence of impurities such as silica and clay. Marble is used especially in sculpture and as a building material.
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¾²¹°ù²ú±ô²â, adjective
- ˈ³¾²¹°ù²ú±ô±ð»å, adjective
- ˈ³¾²¹°ù²ú±ô±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¾²¹°ùb±ô±ð°ù noun
- ³Ü²Ô·³¾²¹°ùb±ô±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of marble1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of marble1
Idioms and Phrases
see have all one's buttons (marbles) .Example Sentences
Everything about the decor is over the top — massive marble pillars, ornate ceilings and statues that make the space feel truly grand.
Moments later, a frantic housekeeper rifles through the kitchen drawers, then returns to raise a heavy marble rolling pin over the disheveled and bloodied figure, who is by all appearances pleading for her life.
But, unlike the industrial materials that Serra leaned and stacked, this sculpture’s classical legacy of marble is Dávila’s chosen reference.
Surveillance footage, he said, shows two suspects walking up to the temple and scoping out the area before tagging the marble sign.
I'm standing in what feels like a suite in a posh hotel - all soft lighting, marble counter tops, plush seating and parquet-style flooring.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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