marbled
Swirled with color
Marbled describes a surface with irregular streaks or swirls resembling marble stone.
Marbled paper has colored patterns created by floating pigments on liquid.
Marbled meat has visible fat distributed through the muscle: beautifully marbled ribeye.
The pattern suggests organic variation rather than uniformity—veins of color flowing through a contrasting background.
Marked with linear channels
- swirledMoved in curves
- mottledHaving irregular color patches
- striatedMarked with parallel grooves
- variegatedMarked with different colors
banded · ribboned · feathered · grained · layered · whorled · spiral · flowing
Spotted with small marks
- spottedSeen or patterned
- dappledMarked with spots
- blotchedMarked with irregular spots
- stippledMarked with small dots
mottled · splotched · peppered · brindled · pied · spattered · freckled · patchy
Premium Japanese-style beef
- fatAdipose tissue
- intramuscularInto muscle tissue
- ribeyeTender marbled steak cut
- steakThick beef slice
prime · grading · beef · tenderloin · sirloin · porterhouse · cuts · butcher
Igneous rock, quartz-rich
- quarryPit for extracting rock
- veinedMarked with linear channels
- polishedSmooth, refined, accomplished
- slabThick flat piece
countertop · sculpture · tile · floor · classical · statuary · quarried · travertine
veined
Marked with linear channels
variegated · banded · ribboned · feathered · grained · layered · whorled · spiral · flowing · rippled
flecked
Spotted with small marks
stippled · mottled · splotched · peppered · brindled · pied · spattered · freckled · patchy · piebald
wagyu
Premium Japanese-style beef
- fatAdipose tissue
- intramuscularInto muscle tissue
- ribeyeTender marbled steak cut
steak · prime · grading · beef · tenderloin · sirloin · porterhouse · cuts · butcher · aged
granite
Igneous rock, quartz-rich
slab · countertop · sculpture · tile · floor · classical · statuary · quarried · travertine · onyx
frosting
Sweet cake covering
- fondantSmooth, moldable cake covering
- cheesecakeCream-filled dessert, crumb crust
- browniesDense chocolate baked squares
chocolate · swirled · layered · cake · confection · fudge · ice-cream · rye · bread · ganache
endpaper
Leaf connecting binding, cover
- bookbindingAssembling pages into volumes
- decorativeServing to beautify
- TurkishOf Anatolia's republic
combed · crafted · artisan · handmade · dipped · pigment · floating · bath · swirled · antiquarian
- patternspattern, chevron, geometric pattern, stripes, plaid
- cat traitssilky coat, coat, tabby pattern, claws, long-haired
- decorative patternschevrons, paisley, crosshatch, chevron, floral
- pattern descriptorsstriped, spotted, checkered, plaid, floral
- meat qualitiestender, juicy, lean, fatty, tough
- surface patternsstreaked, mottled, lined, textured, patterned
marbledsolid
Firm matter state
plain · uniform · unpatterned · homogeneous · featureless
- 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