metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.

any variety of this stone

Carrara marble.

an object made of or carved from this stone, esp. a sculpture

Renaissance marbles.

a piece of this stone

the fallen marbles of Roman ruins.

(not in technical use) any of various breccias or other stones that take a high polish and show a variegated pattern.

a marbled appearance or pattern; marbling

The woodwork had a greenish marble.

anything resembling marble in hardness, coldness, smoothness, etc.

a brow of marble.

something lacking in warmth or feeling.

a little ball made of stone, baked clay, glass, porcelain, agate, or steel, esp. for use in games.

marbles, ( used with a singular verb ) a game for children in which a marble is propelled by the thumb to hit another marble so as to drive it out of a circle drawn or scratched on the ground.

marbles, Slang . normal rational faculties; sanity; wits; common sense

to have all one's marbles; to lose one's marbles.

consisting or made of marble.

like marble, as in hardness, coldness, smoothness, etc.

lacking in warmth, compassion, or sympathy

marble heart.

of variegated or mottled color.

to color or stain like variegated marble.

to apply a decorative pattern to (paper, the edges of a book, etc.) by transferring oil pigments floating on water.

noun

lucidity , lucidness , mind , reason , saneness , sense , soundness , wit , agate , ball , basalt , brocatel (in a literary sense , dolomite , granite , granite-flint). associatedwords: marmoreal , marmorean , mib , mig , rock , sculpture , stone , taw

adjective

alabaster , marmoreal