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Definition of "marbled" [mar•bled]

  • Made of or covered with marble: a marbled façade. (adjective)
  • Having a mix of fat and lean: a well-marbled beef roast. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "marbled" in a sentence
  • "OMFG I checked the material list on that puppy # 2 & its called marbled fudge glaze."
  • "Editions includes more than 60 of Leonard's portraits, hand-bound in Japanese marbled silk and leather."
  • "The length of that code easily beats its nearest competitor, a long-bodied muck dweller known as the marbled lungfish."
  • "OMFG I checked the material list on that puppy # 2 & its called marbled fudge glaze."
  • "Do you recall the marbled endpapers in the Spenser that I used to read to you on crisp fall evenings just such as this?"