'Marble' definitions:

Definition of 'marble'

From: WordNet
noun
A hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
noun
A small ball of glass that is used in various games
noun
A sculpture carved from marble
verb
Paint or stain like marble; "marble paper"

Definition of 'Marble'

From: GCIDE
  • Marble \Mar"ble\ (m[aum]r"b'l), n. [OE. marbel, marbre, F. marbre, L. marmor, fr. Gr. ma`rmaros, fr. marmai`rein to sparkle, flash. Cf. Marmoreal.]
  • 1. A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Note:
  • Breccia marble consists of limestone fragments cemented together.
  • Ruin marble, when polished, shows forms resembling ruins, due to disseminated iron oxide.
  • Shell marble contains fossil shells.
  • Statuary marble is a pure, white, fine-grained kind, including Parian (from Paros) and Carrara marble. If coarsely granular it is called saccharoidal. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art, or record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection of such works; as, the Arundel or Arundelian marbles; the Elgin marbles. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A little ball of glass, marble, porcelain, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with marbles. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Marble is also much used in self-explaining compounds; when used figuratively in compounds it commonly means, hard, cold, destitute of compassion or feeling; as, marble-breasted, marble-faced, marble-hearted. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Marble'

From: GCIDE
  • Marble \Mar"ble\, a.
  • 1. Made of, or resembling, marble; as, a marble mantel; marble paper. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble breast or heart. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Marble'

From: GCIDE
  • Marble \Mar"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Marbling.] [Cf. F. marbrer. See Marble, n.] To stain or vein like marble; to variegate in color; as, to marble the edges of a book, or the surface of paper. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Marble'

From: Easton
  • Marble as a mineral, consists of carbonate of lime, its texture varying from the highly crystalline to the compact. In Esther 1:6 there are four Hebrew words which are rendered marble:,
  • Shesh, "pillars of marble." But this word probably designates dark-blue limestone rather than marble.
  • Dar, some regard as Parian marble. It is here rendered "white marble." But nothing is certainly known of it.
  • Bahat, "red marble," probably the verd-antique or half-porphyry of Egypt.
  • Sohareth, "black marble," probably some spotted variety of marble. "The marble pillars and tesserae of various colours of the palace at Susa came doubtless from Persia itself, where marble of various colours is found, especially in the province of Hamadan Susiana." The marble of Solomon's architectural works may have been limestone from near Jerusalem, or from Lebanon, or possibly white marble from Arabia. Herod employed Parian marble in the temple, and marble columns still exist in great abundance at Jerusalem.

Synonyms of 'marble'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Marble, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Marble, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000) :
105
Housing Units (2000) :
74
Land area (2000) :
0.372125 sq. miles (0.963798 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.372125 sq. miles (0.963798 sq. km)
FIPS code :
48555
Located within :
Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location :
39.072274 N, 107.189516 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
81623
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Marble, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Marble, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000) :
695
Housing Units (2000) :
308
Land area (2000) :
4.309250 sq. miles (11.160906 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.098800 sq. miles (0.255891 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
4.408050 sq. miles (11.416797 sq. km)
FIPS code :
40418
Located within :
Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location :
47.319370 N, 93.296029 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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