marble

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.
2. (countable) A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic.
3. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) Statues made from marble.
4. (countable, uncountable) The marbling in meat.

Verb

1. (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.
2. (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.
3. (transitive) To cause meat, usually beef, pork, or lamb, to be interlaced with fat so that its appearance resembles that of marble.
4. (intransitive) To become interlaced with fat; (of fat) to interlace through meat.
5. (broadly, figuratively) To lace or be laced throughout.

Adj

1. Made of, or resembling, marble.
2. (figuratively) Cold; hard; unfeeling.

Synonyms

pellet

ball

marbleize

griotte

common sense

dibs

embellish

globe

mantel

marbled

adamant

polish

🇵🇱

sanity

shimmer

spinning top

stack

small ball

marbelize

marver

made of marble

marbleise

marmoreal

ally

ball bearing

brains

Translations

marmo

marbre

Marmor

bille

mármol

marmer

mármore

Murmel

μάρμαρο

canica

marbre

marmor

knikker

mermer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɑː.bəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: marble

In summary

Inherited from Middle English marble, marbre; from Anglo-Norman and Old French marbre, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros), perhaps related to μαρμάρεος (marmáreos, “gleaming”). The forms from French displaced Old English marma, which had previously been borrowed from Latin.

Sentences

I'm just gazing at the marble of your necklace .