A metamorphic rock formed by alteration of limestone or dolomite, often irregularly colored by impurities, and used especially in architecture and sculpture.
A piece of this rock.
A sculpture made from this rock.
Something resembling or suggesting metamorphic rock, as in being very hard, smooth, or cold: a heart of marble; a brow of marble.
Games A small hard ball, usually of glass, used in children's games.
Games Any of various games played with marbles.
Slang Common sense; sanity: completely lost his marbles after the stock market crash.
Marbling.
To mottle and streak (paper, for example) with colors and veins in imitation of marble.
Composed of metamorphic rock: a marble hearth.
Resembling metamorphic rock in consistency, texture, venation, color, or coldness.