Definition of marble Marble

/mɑˈɹbʌl/ - [marbul] - Mar•ble

We found 21 definitions of marble from 6 different sources.

What does marble mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: marbles
marble - a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
		rock, stone pitching dangerously to one side
marble - a small ball of glass that is used in various games
		ball a pitch that is not in the strike zone; "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him"
marble - a sculpture carved from marble
Verb marbles, marbling, marbled
marble - paint or stain like marble; "marble paper"
		stain color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen"
		handicraft a craft that requires skillful hands

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Wiktionary

marble (Noun)
A rock of crystalline limestone.
marble (Noun)
A small spherical ball of rock, glass, ceramic or metal used in children's games.
marble (Verb)
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.
marble (Verb)
To get 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.
marble (Verb)
To cause meat, usually beef, pork, or lamb, to be interlaced with fat so that its appearance resembles that of marble.
marble (Verb)
To become interlaced with fat.
marble (Adjective)
Made of, or resembling, marble.
marble (Adjective)
Cold; hard; unfeeling.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

marble (n.)
A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc.
marble (n.)
A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art, or record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection of such works; as, the Arundel or Arundelian marbles; the Elgin marbles.
marble (n.)
A little ball of marble, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with marbles.
marble (a.)
Made of, or resembling, marble; as, a marble mantel; marble paper.
marble (a.)
Cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble breast or heart.
marble (n.)
To stain or vein like marble; to variegate in color; as, to marble the edges of a book, or the surface of paper.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

marble
Metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized calcite or dolomite.

Wikipedia

Marble is a metamorphic rock that developed from limestone. Most of the material is calcite (a crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3).

It is often used for sculpture, as a building material, and for many other purposes.

The word 'marble' is also used for other stones that can be polished well and for ball shaped objects used for child games.

Faux marble or faux marbling is a wall painting technique that imitates the color patterns of real marble (not to be confused with paper marbling). Marble dust can be combined with cement or synthetic resins to make "reconstituted" or "cultured marble".

Places named after the stone include Marble Arch, London; the Sea of Marmara; India's Marble Rocks; and the towns of Marble, Minnesota; Marble, Colorado; and Marble Hill, Manhattan, New York. The Elgin Marbles are marble sculptures from the Parthenon that are on display in the British Museum. They were brought to Britain by the Earl of Elgin.

Kinds of marble.

White marbles, like Carrara in Italy, Royal White and Bejing White in China, have been prized for sculpture since classical times. This preference has to do with the softness and relative isotropy and homogeneity, and a relative resistance to shattering. Also, the low index of refraction of calcite allows light to penetrate several millimeters into the stone before being scattered out, resulting in the characteristic "waxy" look which gives "life" to marble sculptures of the human body.

Construction marble.

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