marble
marble
(märʹbəl) noun
1.
a. A metamorphic rock formed by alteration of limestone or dolomite, often irregularly colored by impurities, and used especially in architecture and sculpture. b. A piece of this rock. c. A sculpture made from this rock.
2. Something resembling or suggesting metamorphic rock, as in being very hard, smooth, or cold: a heart of marble; a brow of marble.
3. Games. a. A small hard ball, usually of glass, used in children's games. b. marbles
(used with a sing. verb) Any of various games played with marbles.
4. marbles
(used with a sing. verb) Slang. Common sense; sanity: completely lost his marbles after the stock market crash.
5. Marbling.
verb
, transitive
marbled
, marbling, marbles
To mottle and streak (paper, for example) with colors and veins in imitation of marble.
adjective
1.
Composed of metamorphic rock: a marble hearth.
2.
Resembling metamorphic rock in consistency, texture, venation, color, or coldness.
[Middle English, from Old French marbre, from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros.]
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