marble
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- noun
- /ˈmɑːrbl/
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mármol
- High windows provided light, and a white marble staircase swept grandly up to the second floor.
- white marble
- polished marble
- slab of marble
Face balm and marble massage stone from La Prairie.
- Face balm and marble massage stone from La Prairie.
- It's looks a bit of a boring block of marble, that's what it is.
- This is a flask which contains marble chips, marble chips, that's calcium carbonate.
- And then here is where my beautiful giant marble table will go.
- They were beautiful, polished marble, white.
- It's going to be wood and marble and stone and those sorts of things, right?
- But he gifted Elton, Elton John a colossal marble penis.
Examples
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Inside, a cleaning crew was busy polishing the marble floor with electric polishers.
Fiction book (1991) -
The grand entrance featured a stunning marble staircase that impressed all the guests.
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It's just so much marble, beautiful.
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You just put the mail on the marble table.
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By the time his feet touched the marble floor, the room was bright as day.
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I know what the marble in the bathrooms looks like.
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The altar rests upon white marble steps placed in the middle of an open space.
Academic text (1995) -
Local limestone for the walls, imported marble for the columns.
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The altar reliquary was not complete in all its marble, wood, iron, and crystal components until 1693.
Academic text (1995) -
Its plaster effusions were painted institutional green, but the marble floor still impressed Janet mightily.
Fiction book (1991)
Compounds
- Indian
A large tree from Asia with hard wood marked by dark and light swirling lines
- Specialized
An inherited condition in which bones become very dense and hard, reducing the space inside bones for making blood cells
- Specialized
A hard stone used for decoration with smooth bands and a little see-through, shiny look
How Hard
Surface Forms
Etymology
Marble for the polished stone comes from Greek mármaros and Latin marmor, which mean 'shining', so marble is a rock known for its smooth, glossy surface.