<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>Metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations, and used in sculpture and architecture</li><li>Any variety of this stone: Carrara marble</li><li>An object made of or carved from this stone, especially a sculpture: Renaissance marbles</li><li>A piece of this stone: The fallen marbles of Roman ruins</li><li>(Not in technical use) Any of various breccias or other stones that take a high polish and show a variegated pattern</li><li>A marbled appearance or pattern; marbling: The woodwork had a greenish marble</li><li>Anything resembling marble in hardness, coldness, smoothness, etc.: A brow of marble</li><li>Something lacking in warmth or feeling</li><li>A little ball made of stone, baked clay, glass, porcelain, agate, or steel, especially for use in games</li><li>Marbles (used with a singular verb): A game for children in which a marble is propelled by the thumb to hit another marble so as to drive it out of a circle drawn or scratched on the ground</li><li>Marbles, Slang: Normal rational faculties; sanity; wits; common sense: To have all one's marbles; to lose one's marbles</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>Consisting of or made of marble</li><li>Like marble, as in hardness, coldness, smoothness, etc.</li><li>Lacking in warmth, compassion, or sympathy: Marble heart</li><li>Of variegated or mottled color</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>Marbled: To color or stain like variegated marble</li><li>Marbling: To apply a decorative pattern to (paper, the edges of a book, etc.) by transferring oil pigments floating on water</li></ul>