marble

adjof or like marble

Synonyms for marble

adj of or like marble

Word Origin & History

type of stone much used in sculpture, monuments, etc., early 14c., by dissimilation from marbra (mid-12c.), from Old French marbre (which itself underwent dissimilation of 2nd -r- to -l- in 14c.; marbre persisted in English into early 15c.), from Latin marmor, from or cognate with Greek marmaros "marble, gleaming stone," of unknown origin, perhaps originally an adjective meaning "sparkling," which would connect it with marmairein "to shine." The Latin word was taken directly into Old English as marma. German Marmor is restored Latin from Old High German marmul. Meaning "little balls of marble used in a children's game" is attested from 1690s.

Example Sentences for marble

It was motionless as marble; but never had she seen anything so beautiful, and so unearthly.

From this marble Phidias sculptured a statue of Vengeance, which was called Rhamnusia.

As she rose, her face changed, she gave a cry, and fell upon the marble floor.

At the first glimpse of the terrible head of Medusa, they whitened into marble!

The moon shone on them; they looked as if they were carved with marble.

On a pedestal beneath the window was placed a marble bust of Dante.

The marble statues in its pediments dropped to the ground and broke.

Mix the whole together, and pound it to a paste in a marble mortar.

But the marble statues they put into a kiln to make lime to plaster their houses.

A marble slab is much better to roll it on than a paste-board.

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