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to marbleize

to marbleize

1 7.9
Make a surface look like smooth white stone with dark lines
  • verb
  • /ˈmɑːrbəlaɪz/
translation icon : marmolear
  • I'd kill for some marbleized meat.
  • faux marbleized

Examples

  • She'll marbleize me.

    A Troll in Central Park (1994)

  • You could instead stir the colors through a little to make a marbleized effect.

    Blog text (31)

  • I'll marbleize ya, you goon!

    Dead End (1937)

  • The marbleized cornices and trompe l'oeil buffets have an unfinished, angry look to them.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Pat led Beth next to the more formal bar, where a ceramic model of the Fontana di Trevi, coated in marbleized paint and more than five feet tall, took up the length of one whole wall.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • It looked fairly normal after peeling, but once I dragged the knife through it, a maze of pink and white stripes popped out, marbleizing its insides.

    Blog text (26)

  • She used a special technique to marbleize the cake, creating beautiful swirls of color.

  • To achieve a classic look, the designer decided to marbleize the countertops in the kitchen.

  • The artist marbleized the walls to mimic the luxurious appearance of marble without the high cost.

Synonyms

to marble
vsto marbleize
6 7.7

To paint something so it looks like a stone with coloured lines

uses a wider range of finishes or patterns beyond painting or staining

How Marbled

to marbleize
1 7.9
to vein
5 7.7
to streak
22 2.8
to tint
24 3.6

Surface Forms

marbleize infinitive
marbleized past
marbleized past participle
marbleizing present participle
marbleizes third person singular

Morphology

marbleize = marble (transparent) = marble + ize

The verb is formed by adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' to the noun 'marble', yielding 'to make like marble', which is directly inferable by learners.

Etymology

Marbleize comes from the familiar word marble and the ending -ize, which means 'to make'. It literally means 'to make something look like marble', so to marbleize a table or wall is to add the colour and veins that copy real marble.