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Synonyms for marble

Grammar : Adj
Spell : mahr-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɑr bəl

Définition of marble

Origin :
  • 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.
  • adj of or like marble
Example sentences :
  • It was motionless as marble; but never had she seen anything so beautiful, and so unearthly.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • From this marble Phidias sculptured a statue of Vengeance, which was called Rhamnusia.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • As she rose, her face changed, she gave a cry, and fell upon the marble floor.
  • Extract from : « To be Read at Dusk » by Charles Dickens
  • At the first glimpse of the terrible head of Medusa, they whitened into marble!
  • Extract from : « The Gorgon's Head » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The moon shone on them; they looked as if they were carved with marble.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • On a pedestal beneath the window was placed a marble bust of Dante.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The marble statues in its pediments dropped to the ground and broke.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • Mix the whole together, and pound it to a paste in a marble mortar.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • But the marble statues they put into a kiln to make lime to plaster their houses.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • A marble slab is much better to roll it on than a paste-board.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

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