marble

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.5 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

From Anglo-Norman and Old French marbre, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (perhaps related to μαρμάρεος ‘gleaming’). Much of the early classical marble came from the 'Marmaris' sea above the Aegean. The forms from French replaced Old English marma, which had already been borrowed directly from the Latin.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmɑːbəl/
• (US) IPA: /ˈmɑɻbəl/
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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)bəl

[edit] Noun

marble (plural marbles)

1. (uncountable) A rock of crystalline limestone.

   Open thy marble jaws, O tomb / And hide me, earth, in thy dark womb.—George Frederic Handel, Jeptha

2. (countable) A small spherical ball of rock or glass used in children's games.

[edit] Derived terms

• lose one's marbles

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[edit] Verb

to marble (third-person singular simple present marbles, present participle marbling, simple past and past participle marbled)

1. (transitive) To give the appearance of the streaks and swirls of types of certain marble, as by incomplete mixing of viscous ingredients or by uneven application of paint or other colorant.
2. (intransitive, beef) To be interlaced with fat.

[edit] Synonyms

• marbleize
• marbelize

[edit] Derived terms

• marble beef
• marble cake

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: abelmr
• ambler
• blamer
• ramble