marble
noun/ˈmɑːbl/
/ˈmɑːrbl/
- [uncountable] a type of hard stone that is usually white and often has coloured lines in it. It can be polished (= made smooth and shiny by rubbing) and is used in building and for making statues, etc.
- a slab/block of marble
- a marble floor/sculpture
- a statue of Cupid carved in black marble
- sculptures in polished white marble
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cold
- cool
- coloured/colored
- …
- block
- slab
- carve
- carve something from/in
- make something from/in/of/out of
- …
- quarry
- floor
- pillar
- …
- in marble
- [countable] a small ball of coloured glass that children roll along the ground in a game
- marbles[uncountable] a game played with marbles
- Three boys were playing marbles.
- marbles[plural] (informal) a way of referring to somebody’s intelligence or mental ability
- He's losing his marbles (= he's not behaving in a sensible way).
Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French (variant of marbre), from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros ‘shining stone’, associated with marmairein ‘to shine’.
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