Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To marble.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To give the appearance of marble, or a marbled appearance, to.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To stain or grain in imitation of marble; to cover with a surface resembling marble.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To make (something) look like
marble ; to marble. - verb intransitive To come to look like marble; to marble.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make something look like marble
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Examples
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Thursday's the actual last day, on which I teach fifteen students in the Stagecraft class painting techniques to marbleize surfaces.
Archive 2006-05-01 Will 2006
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He points out that the reason cattle are fed grain is to marbleize the flesh with saturated fat, which is the number one contributor to the top killer in the United States: heart disease.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed EcoSalon Luanne Bradley 2010
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He points out that the reason cattle are fed grain is to marbleize the flesh with saturated fat, which is the number one contributor to the top killer in the United States: heart disease.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed EcoSalon Luanne Bradley 2010
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He points out that the reason cattle are fed grain is to marbleize the flesh with saturated fat, which is the number one contributor to the top killer in the United States: heart disease.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed EcoSalon Luanne Bradley 2010
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He points out that the reason cattle are fed grain is to marbleize the flesh with saturated fat, which is the number one contributor to the top killer in the United States: heart disease.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed EcoSalon Luanne Bradley 2010
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