Meaning

noun a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material

noun a small ball of glass that is used in various games

noun a sculpture carved from marble

originInherited from Middle English marble, marbre; from Anglo-Norman and Old French marbre, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros), perhaps related to μαρμάρεος (marmáreos, “gleaming”). The forms from French displaced Old English marma, which had previously been borrowed from Latin.

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