marble
marble Lexical Profile
marble Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A hard crystalline metamorphic rock resulting from the alteration of limestone or dolomite, typically taking a high polish and used in sculpture and architecture.
"The grand foyer of the museum was paved with gleaming white marble."
A small spherical ball made of glass, clay, or agate, used by children to play various traditional games.
"The boy carefully aimed his favorite glass marble to knock the others out of the circle."
One's mental faculties, sanity, or common sense.
"After looking for his keys in the refrigerator for an hour, he began to wonder if he was losing his marbles."
• verb
To color or stain with variegated streaks or veins in imitation of marble (especially of paper or meat).
"The artisan carefully used floating inks to marble the endpapers of the hand-bound book."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old French 'marbre', which derives from Latin 'marmor', and ultimately from the Ancient Greek 'mármaros' meaning 'shining stone'.
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