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mar·ble

(mär′bəl)

a. A metamorphic rock formed by alteration of limestone or dolomite, often irregularly colored by impurities, and used especially in architecture and sculpture.

b. A piece of this rock.

c. A sculpture made from this rock.

2. Something resembling or suggesting metamorphic rock, as in being very hard, smooth, or cold: a heart of marble; a brow of marble.

3. Games

a. A small hard ball, usually of glass, used in children's games.

b. marbles(used with a sing. verb) Any of various games played with marbles.

4. marbles Slang Common sense; sanity: completely lost his marbles after the stock market crash.

5. Marbling.

tr.v. mar·bled, mar·bling, mar·bles

To mottle and streak (paper, for example) with colors and veins in imitation of marble.

adj.

1. Composed of metamorphic rock: a marble hearth.

2. Resembling metamorphic rock in consistency, texture, venation, color, or coldness.

[Middle English marbre, marble, from Old French marbre, from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros, of unknown origin.]

mar′bly adj.

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marbles

(ˈmɑːbəlz)

1. (Games, other than specified) (functioning as singular) a game in which marbles are rolled at one another, similar to bowls

2. (functioning as plural) informal wits: to lose one's marbles.

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Noun	1.	marbles - a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass) child's game - a game enjoyed by children
	2.	marbles - the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception; "he used his wits to get ahead"; "I was scared out of my wits"; "he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind" wits intelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

Translations

ألعاب بالكُكَل المَرْمَرِيَّه

hra v kuličky

kuglespil

Murmelspiel

golyózás

kúluspil

kulespill

misket/bilye oyunu

打弹子游戏

marble

(ˈmaːbl) noun

1. a kind of hard, usually highly polished stone, cold to the touch. This table is made of marble; (also adjective) a marble statue.

2. a small hard ball of glass used in children's games. The little boy rolled a marble along the ground.

ˈmarbled adjective

having irregular streaks of different colours, like some types of marble. marbled stonework.