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marble

Definition

  • noun: a kind of stone that is often polished and used in buildings and statues
  • noun: 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
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: cold, hard, unfeeling

Examples

  • When he started ranting about how the government was out to get him, I thought he'd 'lost his marbles'. [='gone crazy']

  • Let's play 'marbles'. = Let's play a game of 'marbles'.

  • the museum's polished 'marble' floor/staircase

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar. The beating heart of Rome... is not the marble of the Senate. It's the sand of the Colosseum. He'll bring them death, and they will (..)
    2000 Gladiator