marbled

marbled

English

Adjective

marbled (comparative more marbled, superlative most marbled)

1. Composed of marble; having a marble exterior.
   • 1607, William Shakespeare, The Life of Timon of Athens, IV.iii

     Go great with tigers, dragons, wolves, and bears; / Teem with new monsters, whom thy upward face / Hath to the marbled mansion all above / Never presented!

2. Having marbling.
3. Resembling marble.
4. (meat) Interlaced with fat.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• marbled godwit
• marbled murrelet

• marbled newt
• marbled polecat

Translations

composed of marble

German: marmorn (de)

having marbling

German: marmoriert (de), geädert

resembling marble

German: marmorn (de), marmoriert (de) Italian: marmorizzato (it)

Spanish: marmolado

interlaced with fat

German: marmoriert (de), durchwachsen (de)

Verb

marbled

1. simple past tense and past participle of marble

Anagrams

• blarmed, rambled