marble
21marble — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ cold, cool ▪ The hotel is traditionally furnished, with cool marble floors. ▪ coloured/colored, grey/gray, white, etc. ▪ …
22marble — /ˈmabəl / (say mahbuhl) noun 1. limestone in a more or less crystalline state and capable of taking a polish, occurring in a wide range of colours and variegations, and much used in sculpture and architecture. 2. a variety of this stone. 3. a… …
23marble — [[t]mɑ͟ː(r)b(ə)l[/t]] marbles 1) N UNCOUNT: oft N n Marble is a type of very hard rock which feels cold when you touch it and which shines when it is cut and polished. Statues and parts of buildings are sometimes made of marble. The house has a… …
24marble — mar•ble [[t]ˈmɑr bəl[/t]] n. adj. v. bled, bling 1) pet metamorphosed limestone that consists chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, occurs in a wide range of colors and variegations, takes a high polish, and is used esp. in sculpture and …
25marble — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French marbre, from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros Date: 12th century 1. a. limestone that is more or less crystallized by metamorphism, that ranges from granular to compact in texture, that is… …
26marble — 1. noun /ˈmɑːbəl,ˈmɑɻbəl/ a) A rock of crystalline limestone. Open thy marble jaws, O tomb / And hide me, earth, in thy dark womb. b) A small spherical ball of rock, glass, ceramic or metal used in childrens games. 2. verb /ˈmɑːbəl,ˈmɑɻbəl/ a) To …
27marble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. hard, vitreous, unyielding; lifeless, insensible, cold; white, pale, colorless; variegated, particolored, pied, striated, mottled. See color, hardness, insensibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …
28marble */ — UK [ˈmɑː(r)b(ə)l] / US [ˈmɑrb(ə)l] noun Word forms marble : singular marble plural marbles 1) [uncountable] a hard smooth stone used for building and making statues. Marble is usually white with dark lines that are not regular in shape a marble… …
29marble — mar|ble [ˈma:bəl US ˈma:r ] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: marbre, from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros] 1.) [U] a type of hard rock that becomes smooth when it is polished, and is used for making buildings, ↑statues etc ▪ The… …
30marble — [12] Greek mármaros, a word of unknown origin, denoted to begin with ‘any hard stone’, but association with the verb marmaírein ‘shine’ led to a particular application to ‘marble’. Latin took it over as marmor, and it passed into Old French as… …
