marble

/ˈmɑrbəl/

/ˈmɑbəl/

Other forms: marbles; marbled; marbling

Marble is a very hard rock that's a particular type of limestone. Fancy lobbies (and even bathrooms) are often lined with marble.

Marble's unique qualities make it a popular stone for artists and kitchen designers alike — the white stone statues you find in most museums, some of them dating back to ancient Greece and Rome, are carved from white marble. High-end kitchen counters are often made from polished slabs of darker colored marble. A single marble is a glass ball swirled with marble-like colors, and "to marble" is to paint with similar swirls and whorls.

Definitions of marble

1. noun

   a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
   types:

   verd antique, verde antique

   a dark green impure marble

   type of:

   rock, stone

   material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
2. noun

   a sculpture carved from marble
   type of:

   sculpture

   a three-dimensional work of plastic art
3. noun

   a small ball of glass that is used in various games
   types:

   shooter, taw

   a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles

   type of:

   ball

   round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
4. verb

   paint or stain like marble
   “marble paper”

   type of:

   stain

   color with a liquid dye or tint