- marble⇄adj. marblelike.
- marble⇄adj. 1. made of marble.
Ex. a marble vase.
2. (Figurative.) like marble; white, hard, cold, or unfeeling.
Ex. a marble heart.
3. having a pattern like marble; mottled. - marble⇄expr. marbles,
a. a game played with small, usually colored balls. Each player uses a larger marble to knock the smaller marbles out of a ring.
Ex. There was the floor on which ... I had played at marbles (R. Chambers).
b. a collectio - marble⇄expr. pick up one's marbles, (Informal.) to give up; quit.
Ex. He hoped the committee [Citizens Committee for Children] would not ""just pick up its marbles and thus penalize the children of New York"" (New York Times). - marble⇄marble, noun, adjective, verb, -bled,-bling.
- marble⇄noun 1. a hard limestone, white or colored, that can take a beautiful polish. Marble lasts as long as granite and is much softer to work. Marble is much used for statues and in buildings.
2. a piece, block, or slab of marble, especially one that h - marble⇄v.t. to color in imitation of the patterns in marble.
Ex. Binders marble the edges of some books. The horizon bounded by a propitious sky, azure, marbled with pearly white (Charlotte Bronte).