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marmori — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • marble noun A hard, crystalline rock, often streaked with color, prized for sculpture and building.

Senses

marmori is used for these senses in English:

  • marble (uncountable, petrology) A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone. [from 12th c.]

marble — full definition

  1. noun A hard, crystalline rock, often streaked with color, prized for sculpture and building.
  2. noun A small, usually glass, ball used in children's games.
  3. noun The streaks of fat running through a cut of meat.
  4. verb To give something a streaked, swirled pattern like that of marble.
  5. adjective Made of, or resembling, marble; by extension, cold and unfeeling.

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