Marblelike
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Resembling marble stone.
"Meanwhile, Ann Bartek's semiabstract set--a mostly bare marblelike playing area decorated with straight and jagged stripes suggesting telephone wires—reminds us that this is a story steeped in a world-changing technological revolution."
- 2 Resembling a marble or marbles.
"Physicists back then explained the durability of matter by assuming that it was made up of identical, indestructible, marblelike atoms."
Example
More examples"Meanwhile, Ann Bartek's semiabstract set--a mostly bare marblelike playing area decorated with straight and jagged stripes suggesting telephone wires—reminds us that this is a story steeped in a world-changing technological revolution."
Etymology
From marble + -like.
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