MARBLE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French marbre, from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros Date: 12th century 1. limestone that is more or less crystallized by metamorphism, that ranges from granular to compact in texture, that is capable of taking a high polish, and that is used especially in architecture and sculpture, something (as a piece of sculpture) composed of or made from ~, something suggesting ~ (as in hardness, coldness, or smoothness) , 2. a little ball made of a hard substance (as glass) and used in various games, any of several games played with these little balls, the rewards to be won in competition especially for a championship, marbling , elements of common sense, ~ adjective II. transitive verb (~d; marbling) Date: 1675 to give a veined or mottled appearance to