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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
marble
/ˈmɑːbəl/
noun1 of 3
a kind of stone; metamorphosed limestone
- “For some odd reason, I have all my marbles, so far.”Tatoeba
- “The veining of the marble is quite amazing.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 3
(of meat, especially beef) To become interlaced with fat; (of fat) to interlace through meat.
adjective3 of 3
Cold; hard; unfeeling.
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)