mar‧ble /ˈmɑːbəl $ ˈmɑːr-/ noun
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: marbre, from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros]

1. [uncountable] a type of hard rock that becomes smooth when it is polished, and is used for making buildings, statues etc:
The columns were of white marble.
a marble statue

2. [countable] a small coloured glass ball that children roll along the ground as part of a game

3. marbles [uncountable] a game played by children using marbles

4. lose your marbles informal to start behaving in a crazy way Synonym : go mad

5. [countable] a statue or sculpture made of marble

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

marble
noun
ADJ. cool The hotel is traditionally furnished, with cool marble floors.
coloured | veined | polished | carved
QUANT. block, slab
VERB + MARBLE carve (sth from/in), make sth from/in/(out) of a statue of Cupid carved in black marble
quarry
MARBLE + NOUN quarry
PREP. in ~ sculptures in polished white marble

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

marble
ˈmɑ:bl
See: have all one's buttons or have all one's marbles

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