marble
noun
1.
a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
verb
Origin
Inherited from Middle English marble, marbre; from Anglo-Norman and Old French marbre, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros), perhaps related to μαρμάρεος (marmáreos, “gleaming”). The forms from French displaced Old English marma, which had previously been borrowed from Latin.
Phrases
- all the marbles
- Blue Marble
- blue marble tree
- Carrara marble
- fire marble
- green marble
- lose one's marbles
- Luna marble
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