Meanings
comparative more marbled · superlative most marbled
- Composed of marble; having a marble exterior.
Goe great with Tygers, Dragons, Wolues, and Beares, Teeme with new Monſters, whom thy vpward face Hath to the Marbled Manſion all aboue Neuer preſented.
c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 92, column 1Synonyms: bemarbled
- Having marbling.
- Resembling marble.
The hanging-bowl lampshade in marbled glass was two decades pre-war – the kind that marked out aged people.
1998, Derek Beaven, chapter 9, in Acts of Mutiny, London: Fourth Estate, →ISBN, part 1 (Motion), page 34 - foodInterlaced with fat.
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of marble
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveComposed of marble; having a marble exterior.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivepatterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Dutch doorregen
- doorregeninterlaced with fat
German marmorn, marmoriert
- marmorncomposed of marble
- marmorierthaving marbling
- geäderthaving marbling
- marmornresembling marble
- marmoriertresembling marble
- marmoriertinterlaced with fat
- durchwachseninterlaced with fat
Italian marmorizzato
- marmorizzatoresembling marble
Spanish marmolado, marmoleado
- marmoladoresembling marble
- marmoleadoresembling marble
- jaspeadoresembling marble
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marbled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marbled
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