Uncountable noun oft noun noun marble is a type of very hard rock which feels cold when you touch it and which shines when it is cut and polished.
Marble origin of word.
A type of very hard rock that has a pattern of lines going through it feels cold and can be.
Meaning mottled like marble is mid 15c.
Statues and parts of buildings are sometimes made of marble.
The earlier adjective in this sense was marbrin early 14c.
Marble cake is attested from 1864.
From 1590s as resembling marble in some figurative quality cold hard insensible etc.
Marble adj late 14c consisting of marble from marble n.
Marble english origin history from anglo norman and old french marbre from latin marmor from ancient greek μάρμαρος perhaps related to μαρμάρεος gleaming.
The word marble derives from the ancient greek μάρμαρον mármaron from μάρμαρος mármaros crystalline rock shining stone perhaps from the verb μαρμαίρω marmaírō to flash sparkle gleam.