Marble

Definitions

1. A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.
   uncountable
2. A surname.
3. A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic.
   countable
4. A statutory town in Gunnison County, Colorado.
5. Statues made from marble.
   countable, in-plural, uncountable
6. The marbling in meat.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Open⟳ thy marble jaws, O tomb / And hide⟳ me, earth, in thy dark womb.”

“The Elgin Marbles were originally part of the temple of the Parthenon.”

“[I]t was a portrait of the Library, though not strictly correct⟳ as to its contents, since all the best of the marbles displayed in various parts of the house were brought into the painting by the artist, who made it up into a picturesque composition according to his own⟳ taste⟳.”

“The marble is graded using the Australian system.”

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