Marble

What do we mean by marble?

A metamorphic rock formed by alteration of limestone or dolomite, often irregularly colored by impurities, and used especially in architecture and sculpture. noun

A piece of this rock. noun

A sculpture made from this rock. noun

Something resembling or suggesting metamorphic rock, as in being very hard, smooth, or cold. noun

A small hard ball, usually of glass, used in children's games. noun

Any of various games played with marbles. noun

Common sense; sanity. noun

Marbling. noun

To mottle and streak (paper, for example) with colors and veins in imitation of marble. transitive verb

Composed of metamorphic rock. adjective

Resembling metamorphic rock in consistency, texture, venation, color, or coldness. adjective

Limestone in a more or less crystalline or crystalline-granular condition. noun

A piece of sculptured or inscribed marble, especially if having some interest as an object of study or curiosity, and more particularly if ancient; any work of art in marble: as, the Elgin marblcs. - noun

A little ball of marble or other stone, or of baked clay, porcelain, or glass, used by children in play; an alley. - noun

In glassblowing, a block or thick piece of wood in which are formed hemispherical concavities, used in the manufacture of flasks, etc., to shape the fused glass gathered upon the end of the glass-blower's pipe into an approximately spherical form by pressing and turning it over in the concavities preparatory to the blowing. See marver. In this sense improperly spelled marbel. -5. Marble-silk. noun

Plural A venereal disease, probably bubo. noun

Consisting of marble: as, a marble pillar.

Veined or stained like marble; variegated in color; marbled.

A rock of crystalline limestone.

(games) A small ball, usually of glass or ceramic.

An artwork made from marble.

Words that are spelled similarly to marble:
marble, warble, garble, markle, jarble, marle, mable, barble, marple, marable, mabble, marbly, marbre.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word marble:
wainscoting, terrazzo, inlaid, alabaster, sarcophagus, marbles, quarried, quarries, flooring, bust, fireplace, slab, mosaics, pedestal, plaster, sculpted, gilded, altar, statues, stucco, staircase, corinthian, plaques, granite, frieze, pulpit, statue, columns, arch, quarry, mosaic, cornice, pillars, tiles, ceiling, carved, plaque, stained, tablet, tile, font, mausoleum, capitals, inscription, tomb, limestone, sculpture, flanked, sculptor, polished, lobby, chancel, decorated, fountain, inscribed, monument, ade, arches, depicting, decorative, stairs, facade, panels, basilica, walls, nave, decoration, bronze, floor, dome, courtyard, sandstone, trim, brass, mosque, slate, erected, canyon, topped, exterior, depicts, glass, monuments, stone, doors, entrance, grave, steps, stones, interior, elaborate, portrait, sanctuary, chapel, palace, painted, relief, vermont, cathedral, memorial.

Words that rhyme with marble:
garble, jarble, sparble, barble, garbel, arbil, arbel, bar bill, car bill, marbil, star bill, varble.

Adjectives that are often used to describe marble:
white, black, polished, red, italian, green, fine, pure, beautiful, grey, coloured, cold, blue, colored, pink, gray, veined, finest, dark, yellow, variegated, greek, grained, solid, sculptured, purest, pentelic, carved, statuary, precious, crystalline, antique, hard, smooth, pale, inlaid, rich, monumental, brown, cool, coarse, powdered, whitest, parian, numidian, broken, dolomitic, rare, artificial, costly, rough, phrygian, mottled, light, plain, african, chiselled, egyptian, serpentine, grecian, sicilian, granular, polychrome, bluish, proconnesian, translucent, snowy, reddish, hymettian, massive, handsome, belgian.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective marble:
statue, relief, head, columns, statues, quarries, dust, bust, floors, disease, slabs, steps, stone, workers, work, pillars, cake, cutter, busts, cutters, palace, eyes, sculpture, chips, floor, slab, lips, tablets, works, statuary, statuette, hill, palaces, tile, tomb, table, group, tables, mosaic, figure, flooring, tiles, tablet, walls, figures, bones, worker, fountain, monuments, sarcophagus, copy, reliefs, sculptures, fragments, inlay, benches, halls, blocks, throne, base, temple, quarry, seats, dropping, bone, stairs, veneer, yard, paper, hands, stele, mantels, tops, stones, pieces, monument, fireplace, cold, cutting, copies, vases, bathrooms, panels, fountains, deposits, fragment, fireplaces, basins, figurine, lobby, sorting, top, building, altar, rocks, herm, piles, heart, pavement.

Consonant match to marble:
moorball, marbil.

Words that sound like marble:
marble, marple, marbles, marbled, marbler, moral, marbella, morell, murrell, morral, morrel, ma bell, mobile, mabel, mobil, warble, mable, meryl, merrill, moble, merrell, merel, marable, mayoral, maybell, meable, mirable, mirabal, mirabile, mabble, myrle, morrell, morelle, nobble, nobile, knobble, jarble, maribel, maybelle, mirabelle, mabelle, morrill, maril, mirabel, morbi, morby, morbo, marelle, marvel, maple, marshall, mara, marshal, martial, marl, garble, mariel, markable, mapel, marbach, marra, markel, barbel, marle, markle, meral, marb, markell, tarbell, mazal, mobiel, marbling, mockable, mireille, meriel, monreal, arbel, maba, marial, norell, amabile, barble, mapl, marchal, mahra, norrell, marschall, harpel, marash, marbleize, harebell, mirror ball, mardel, garbel, mayapple, marbly, marbre, hairball, harle, hair ball.