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marbleized

marbleized

6.5
Having streaks or swirls of color like real marble
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɑːrbəlaɪzd/
  • US
translation icon : marmoleado
  • The cake had a beautiful marbleized pattern of chocolate and vanilla swirls.

Examples

  • Her artwork featured a stunning marbleized background that resembled real marble.

  • The artist used a special technique to create a marbleized effect on the ceramic vase.

  • His youthful features flickered in the torchlight, distorting his appearance so that he looked ancient and marbleized.

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

marbled
vsmarbleized
1 4.4

Having streaks and veins of another color, like marble or fat in meat

is the same patterned look rather than focusing on texture or hardness
marmorated
vsmarbleized
  • Specialized
9.5

Having a surface like marble with light and dark lines

is only about the patterned surface, not actual stone material
marbly
vsmarbleized
7.0

Having a smooth surface with streaks like marble

focuses on streaks and vein patterns specifically rather than general texture
marmorean
vsmarbleized
  • Literature
9.9

Looks and feels like marble

highlights the patterned veins and color instead of general characteristic
marmoreal
vsmarbleized
  • Literature
9.9

Smooth and pale like a statue carved from marble

describes surface streaks and vein colours rather than material qualities
veined
vsmarbleized
4.4

Having lines and marks like those on a leaf or marble

refers specifically to stone-like vein and colour patterns rather than any vein marks

Antonyms

uniform
92 3.7

Always the same in all parts and at all times

monochrome
2 6.1

Showing only one color or its different shades

How Marbled

marbleized
  • US
6.5
veined
4.4
streaked
2.7

Surface Forms

marbleized positive

Morphology

marbleized = marbleize (transparent) = marble + ize + ed

The adjective is transparently built from 'marbleize' plus the participial suffix '-ed'.

Etymology

Marbleized comes from marble (the shiny stone with veins) and the ending -ize meaning 'to make', so imagine mixing colors to copy the stone or the swirls in a toy marble; that's a clear image of the pattern. So, marbleized means 'made to have veins or swirls like marble'.