Marble

/ˈmɑɹ.bəl/

Synonyms for "marble" (230 found)

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Closest matches (46)

adamant agate alabaster antigorite argent argentine ball band barbaseball batbat battledore bauble bespangle bespeckle bespotbilliard tableblock blocks blotch

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bone bonybowling alleybowling greenbrick bronze butterflycandy canecanescent cast cement cemental chalky chameleon check checker checkerboard cheetah chessboard chrysotile club cockhorse concrete

Noun(3 words)

agate spherecalcareous rockcalcite rock

Strong matches (69)

confetti corneouscrazy quiltcretaceouscricket batcue dalmatian dapple dense diamond diamondlike dolldoll carriagedollhouse dot dure firedog flake flat fleck

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fleecy-white flint flintlike flinty freckle frosted frosty gewgaw gimcrack glassgolf clubgranite granitelike granitic grizzled grizzly hardhard as nailshardhearted harlequinheart of oakhoar hoary hobbyhorse horny ice iris iron iron-hard ironlike ivoryjack-in-the-boxjacks jackstones jackstraws jaguar kickshaw knickknack lactescent lapideous leopard level lily-white lithoid lithoidal mackerelmackerel skymaculate

Noun(1 words)

glass sphere

Related words (115)

mahoganymarbled papermarbleize marblelike marionette marmoreal mig milky mobile moiremother-of-pearlmotley mottle nacre nail nails niveous oak obdurate ocelot

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opal ophite osseouspaper dollpatchwork quiltpeacock pellet pepperpick-up stickspinwheel plane platinum plaything polychrome polychromize puppetpure whiteracketrag dollrainbow resistant resistive rockrocking horserocklike rocky satin sculpture serpentineserpentine marbleshot silksilk silver silvered silvery slide smooth snow-white snowy solid spangle speck speckle spectrum splotch sport spot sprinkle stabile statue steel steelie steellike steely stigmatize stipple stone stonelike stony streak striate stripe stud swan-white tattoo taw teetotumtennis courtterra cottatessellate toptortoise shelltough toytoy soldiertrinket variegate variegation vein velvetwhim whamwhim-wham whitewhite as snowzebra

Noun(10 words)

marbled marblelike mottled mottling pattern stone streaktoy spherevein veined

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5 relation types

More general

14 entries

appearance ballculinary techniquedecoratefood processingmaterial pattern rock sculpture stain stonesurface finishtexture toy

More specific

12 entries

agate marblecalcite marbledolomitic marbleglass marbleintramuscular fatmarbling scoremottled marblepolished marblestreakingveined marbleveiningwhite marble

Collocations

13 entries

marble countertopmarble finishmarble floormarble quarrymarble statuemarble the surfacemarble the wallsmarbled appearancemarbleize the surfacemarbling techniquepolished marbleveined marblewhite marble

Inflections

3 entries

marbled marbles marbling

Derivations

11 entries

marbled marbleization marbleize marbleized marbleizes marbleizing marblelike marbler marbles marbling marbly

Translations

14 translations across 11 languages.

Asturian

1 entries

xaspiar verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)

Catalan

2 entries

mabrejar verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)
marbrar verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)

Czech

1 entries

mramorovat verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)

Finnish

2 entries

marmoroida verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)
marmoroitua verb (to get the streaked appearance of marble)

French

1 entries

marbrer verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)

Galician

1 entries

xaspear verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)

German

1 entries

marmorieren verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)

Irish

1 entries

marmaraigh verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)

Spanish

1 entries

jaspear verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)

Swedish

1 entries

marmorera verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)

Turkish

2 entries

ebrulamak verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)
harelemek verb (to cause to have the streaked appearance of marble)

Sample sentences

29 total sentences available.

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The building is built of marble of a most lovely color.

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He carved marble into a statue.

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They are chiseling a statue out of marble.

Source: tatoeba (307113)

Her hands felt as cold as marble.

Source: tatoeba (309382)

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