marbled

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
Many of them have their leaves beautifully marbled, and I selected and brought away a few of the best, in hopes that they may keep this character.

View all »
Definitions (14)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (2)

  1. adjective Made of or covered with marble: a marbled façade.
  2. adjective Having a mix of fat and lean: a well-marbled beef roast.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (10)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (1)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • Then the lady disappeared with the manuscript Mr. Sammler removed his hat and placed it on his lap over the sea-marbled cardboard She walked off with it Disappeared with the only copy of the work Ah. —  Mr. Sammler's Planet
  • But silvery-marbled blood burst from the rent I'd made, dribbling with the rain into the mud. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 04-05 - October-November 1996
  • Jacobi is five eleven, over two hundred pounds of well-marbled muscle, with lumpy features, hard gray eyes, gray hair, and a shiny gold badge. —  7th Heaven by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
  • The temptation was too great, and with quick, economical movements she discarded her clothes, then stepped into the large marbled-tiled shower stall to luxuriate in an endless supply of steaming hot water. —  PurchasedByTheBillionaire
  • Patroclus sets a heavy chopping block next to the fire and lays out the chines of a sheep and a goat, next to the fat-marbled back cut of a pig. —  Dan Simmons - Hockenberry 1 - Ilium
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 36 times.

On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

/ˈmɑrbld/
by American Heritage

Charts

frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word several times a year.

Recently looked up

baksheesh · higgling · extenuation · Signify · legation

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

maladministration · antidisestablishmentarianism · parsimonious · soliloquy · insipid