marble Definition

marble
noun

1a. geol.
A hard, metamorphic rock formed of recrystallized limestone or dolomite, white when pure but usually mottled or streaked;
1b. Any such rock that can be highly polished, used in building and sculpture.
2. In children's games: a small hard ball, now usually made of glass, but originally made of marble. See also marbles.
3. A work of art, tombstone, tomb, slab or other object made of marble.

verb

marbled, marbling
1. To stain, vein or paint something (especially paper) to resemble marble.

Derivative: marbled

Mottled, or having irregular streaks of different colours, like marble.

Made with or of marble.
Example: marbled halls

Derivative: marbling

A marbled appearance or colouring, eg in meat with streaks of fat.

The practice or act of streaking, veining or painting (especially the endpapers or edges of a book) in imitation of marble.

Derivative: marbly
adj

Etymology: 13c as marbre: French, from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros, from marmairein to sparkle.