marble
Carved statue material
Marble is a hard, metamorphic stone prized for its smooth texture and often striking veined patterns—used in sculpture, architecture, and flooring.
A marble is also a small glass or stone ball used in children's games: We played marbles at recess.
To lose one's marbles is to go crazy.
As a verb, to marble is to give something a streaked, veined appearance: marbled beef, marbled paper.
One who fires weapons
- tawStriker marble in games
- cat's-eyeLight-catching road marker
- alleysNarrow passages between buildings
- steeliesMetallic playing spheres
ringer · keepsies · fudging · lagging · span · knuckling · circle · target
Florentine sculptor and painter
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- bustFailure or sculpture
- sculptorArtist shaping solid materials
chisel · masterpiece · Pietà · David · Rodin · Bernini · classical · Elgin
Pit for extracting rock
- slabThick flat piece
- travertineLimestone from thermal springs
- onyxLayered black-white gemstone
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
dolomite · granite · alabaster · basalt · metamorphic · sedimentary · crystalline · calcite
Smooth, refined, accomplished
- glossySmooth and shiny
- lustrousSoftly bright, reflective
- gleamingReflecting light brightly
- coolCalm or fashionable
sleek · refined · burnished · buffed · glassy · silky · cold · hard
Transparent solid from sand
- spherePerfectly round solid
- orbLuminous celestial body
- ballSpherical plaything or gala
- roundCurved like circle
swirl · colorful · translucent · opaque · collectible · handmade · vintage · swirled
Moved in curves
- streakedMarked with bands
- mottledHaving irregular color patches
- variegatedMarked with different colors
- patternedHaving repeated decorative designs
banded · veining · coloration · striated · clouded · feathered · bookmatched · figured
shooter
One who fires weapons
- tawStriker marble in games
- cat's-eyeLight-catching road marker
- alleysNarrow passages between buildings
steelies · ringer · keepsies · fudging · lagging · span · knuckling · circle · target · championship
Michelangelo
Florentine sculptor and painter
sculptor · chisel · masterpiece · Pietà · David · Rodin · Bernini · classical · Elgin · Parthenon
quarry
Pit for extracting rock
- slabThick flat piece
- travertineLimestone from thermal springs
- onyxLayered black-white gemstone
limestone · dolomite · granite · alabaster · basalt · metamorphic · sedimentary · crystalline · calcite · mason
polished
Smooth, refined, accomplished
cool · sleek · refined · burnished · buffed · glassy · silky · cold · hard · slick
glass
Transparent solid from sand
round · swirl · colorful · translucent · opaque · collectible · handmade · vintage · swirled · iridescent
swirled
Moved in curves
- streakedMarked with bands
- mottledHaving irregular color patches
- variegatedMarked with different colors
patterned · banded · veining · coloration · striated · clouded · feathered · bookmatched · figured · crema
- materialsmetal, metals, wood, ceramic, fabric
- round thingssphere, ball, globe, circle, orb
- Ancient Greece & RomeGreek myths, Roman myths, mythology, muses, Apollo
- earth science stuffrocks, minerals, fossils, soil, sand
- geologybedrock, fault lines, faults, rock, basalt
- mineralsquartz, granite, limestone, sandstone, slate
marbleplastic
Capable of being molded
linoleum · plywood · particleboard · cinderblock · vinyl
- marble runTrack for rolling spheres
- lose one's marblesGo insane
- marble cakeSwirl-patterned baked confection
- lost one's marbles
- all the marblesTotal stakes in competition
- losing your marbles
marbles, marbled, marbling, marbleize, marbleized, marblelike, marbleizing, marble runs, marble run