marble
A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.
Other meanings
A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic.
Statues made from marble.
“The Elgin Marbles were originally part of the temple of the Parthenon.”
A kind of
- rock
Related words
- emmarble
- enmarble
- marblefish
- marbleization
- marbleless
- marblelike
- marbleness
- marbler
- Marblette
- marblewood
- marblework
- marblish
Word history
From Ancient Greek "μάρμαρος".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “marble” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.