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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

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

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)

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