Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

Adjective

The word "marble" can be used as noun, verb, proper noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

bag of marbles boy's pocket childs toy chest game jar littly boy's pocket pouch store

Causes

game

Derived Terms

Blue Marble Carrara marble Luna marble Marble Arch Marble Bar Marble Canyon Marble Hill Marblette Moqui marble Pentelic marble Picasso marble Sussex marble all the marbles blue marble tree emmarble enmarble fire marble green marble lose one's marbles marbelic marble beef marble berry marble cake marble cheese marble cichlid marble egg marble fox marble goby marble orchard marble paper marble run marble rye bread marble scissors marble-hearted marblefish marbleization marbleless marblelike marbleness marbler marbles marblewood marblework marbling marblish marbly mouthful of marbles nonmarble onyx marble pick up one's marbles and go home travertine marble woolly marbles

Context

handicraft

Has Property

opaque porous rolling across table round

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

ball material metamorphic rock rock sculpture stain stone

Type Of (IsA)

ball beautiful metamorphic rock child's toy convex tangible object easier to stain than granite glass ball metamorphic rock more porus than granite multi coloured rock round object sculpture small glass ball small glass sphere software stone useful metamorphic rock

Manner Of

stain

Receives Action

carved etched polished

Related Terms

marmoreal

Related Terms

appearance artwork beef cause colorant fat interlace lamb marmoreal paint pork stone streaked swirled temples viscous

Synonym Network

marbleize

Used For

decorate game games pave floors playing games on ground playing marbles playing mousetrap roll shoot

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.