Definition of marble

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mar·ble    (märbl) KEY 

NOUN:

1. 1. A metamorphic rock formed by alteration of limestone or dolomite, often irregularly colored by impurities, and used especially in architecture and sculpture.
   2. A piece of this rock.
   3. A sculpture made from this rock.
2. Something resembling or suggesting metamorphic rock, as in being very hard, smooth, or cold: a heart of marble; a brow of marble.
3. Games
   1. A small hard ball, usually of glass, used in children's games.
   2. marbles(used with a sing. verb) Any of various games played with marbles.
4. marbles(used with a sing. verb) Slang Common sense; sanity: completely lost his marbles after the stock market crash.
5. Marbling.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
mar·bled, mar·bling, mar·bles

To mottle and streak (paper, for example) with colors and veins in imitation of marble.

ADJECTIVE:

1. Composed of metamorphic rock: a marble hearth.
2. Resembling metamorphic rock in consistency, texture, venation, color, or coldness.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French marbre, from Latin marmor, from Greek marmaros

OTHER FORMS:
marbly(Adjective)