marble in Dogri डोगरी
marble in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
marble in Hindi हिन्दी
marble in Kashmiri कॉशुर
marble in Sindhi سنڌي
marble in Tamil தமிழ்
marble in Telugu తెలుగు
marble in English
- 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).