Definitions for marbling

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marbling mar·bling

Spelling: [mahr-bling]

IPA: /ˈmɑr blɪŋ/

Marbling is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 330 anagrams from letters in marbling (abgilmnr).

Definitions for marbling

noun

1. the act, process, or art of coloring or staining in imitation of variegated marble.
2. an appearance like that of variegated marble.
3. the intermixture of fat with lean in a cut of meat, which contributes to flavor and tenderness.
4. Bookbinding. marblelike decoration on the paper edges, lining, or binding boards of a book.
5. 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.
6. any variety of this stone:
7. an object made of or carved from this stone, especially a sculpture:
8. a piece of this stone:
9. (not in technical use) any of various breccias or other stones that take a high polish and show a variegated pattern.
10. a marbled appearance or pattern; marbling:
11. anything resembling marble in hardness, coldness, smoothness, etc.:
12. something lacking in warmth or feeling.
13. a little ball made of stone, baked clay, glass, porcelain, agate, or steel, especially for use in games.
14. 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.
15. marbles, Slang. normal rational faculties; sanity; wits; common sense:

adjective

1. consisting or made of marble.
2. like marble, as in hardness, coldness, smoothness, etc.
3. lacking in warmth, compassion, or sympathy:
4. of variegated or mottled color.

verb (used with object)

1. to color or stain like variegated marble.
2. to apply a decorative pattern to (paper, the edges of a book, etc.) by transferring oil pigments floating on water.

Origin of marbling

First recorded in 1680-90; marble + -ing¹

Examples for marbling

From it springs the art of marbling, which in latter years was introduced into our trade.

marbling can only be done in a warm room where the temperature is equable and where there is no dust.

It is an obstacle to marbling, that the gall mixes so easily with the size.

For marbling books or paper, dissolve four ounces of gum arabac in two quarts of water, and pour it into a broad vessel.

The above outlines will also suffice for the marbling section of the manual.

We will commence with "comb" marbling, also known as "feather" marbling.

The table upon which marbling is to be executed must be firm and immovable.

The right point has been reached when the marbling is distributed evenly.

This is to be placed, while marbling, immediately to the left of the first trough.

The preparation of ox-gall to be used in marbling is simple.