marble

A hard stone, often white with colored lines, used for floors, buildings, and statues.

• The floor is made of marble.
• They carved the statue from white marble.
• Does this kitchen have marble counters?

Common phrases: marble floor, white marble, marble statue, metamorphic marble

A small, usually glass ball that children use in games.

• A blue marble rolled under the bed.
• The children traded marbles after school.
• He keeps his favorite marble in his pocket.

Common phrases: glass marble, blue marble, marble collection

The thin lines of fat running through a piece of meat.

• The butcher checked the marble in the beef.
• Fine marble helps keep the steak juicy.
• This grading system measures the amount of marble in meat.

Similar words: marbling

Common phrases: beef marble, marble grade, marble in meat

Made from a hard stone used for buildings and statues, or looking like that stone.

• We walked across the marble floor.
• Two marble columns stand beside the door.
• She chose wallpaper with a marble pattern.

Common phrases: marble tiles, marble columns, marble mantel

Showing no warmth, kindness, or emotion.

• His marble face showed no pity.
• Her tears could not soften his marble heart.
• He met the news with a marble gaze.

Similar words: cold, unfeeling, heartless

Opposites: warm, compassionate

Common phrases: marble heart, marble face, marble gaze

To give something a pattern of lines or swirls, often by partly mixing colors.

• You can marble paper with colored inks.
• She marbled the cake batter with chocolate.
• The artist marbles each sheet by hand.

Similar words: marbleize

Common phrases: marble paper, marble a cake, marble the surface

To form lines of fat through meat.

• Thin lines of fat marble the meat.
• Fat had marbled the beef evenly.
• A rich diet can help marble the meat.

Similar words: marbleize

Common phrases: marble the meat, marble the beef