marbleize

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verb

To make (something) look like marble; to marble.

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marbleise
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Meanings

verbmarbleize (third-person singular simple present marbleizes, present participle marbleizing, simple past and past participle marbleized)

present singular third person marbleizes · participle present marbleizing · participle past marbleized · past marbleized · alternative marbelize · alternative marbleise

  1. transitiveTo make (something) look like marble; to marble.

    And later that evening, speeding along the marbleised esplanade towards the lights of Winter Wonderland, a machine voice can be heard emerging from some hidden grill.

    2022 November 27, Barney Ronay, “Welcome to Lusail: Lego-city of the gods and one of the strangest places on earth”, in The Guardian
  2. intransitiveTo come to look like marble; to marble.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake something look like marble

Similar
marbleise
Broader
change surface
Also see
marble

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From marble + -ize.

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APA

marbleize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marbleize

MLA

“marbleize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marbleize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “marbleize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marbleize.

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