marble

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. hard, vitreous, unyielding; lifeless, insensible, cold; white, pale, colorless; variegated, particolored, pied, striated, mottled. See color, hardness, insensibility.

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(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Composed of marble]

Syn. marmoreal, adamant, flinty, vitreous, horny, corneus, bony, osseous, petrified, granitelike, unyielding, indurated; see also stone .

2. [Giving the effect of marble]

Syn. marbled, mottled, marmoreal, veined, flecked, striated, barred, striped, watered, pied, variegated, mosaic, diapered.

n.

1. [Metamorphic limestone]

Syn. limestone, chalcedony, quartz, alabaster.

Varieties of marble include: Parian, Pentelic, Carrara, Carrian, Serpentine, Algerian, Italian, Tecali, onyx marbles, Siena, Tuscan, Gibraltar, Vermont, Georgia, fire, black, rance, cipolin, giallo antico, brocatello, verdantique, ophicalcite; see stone .

2. [A piece of carved marble]

Syn. carving, figurine, figure; see art 2 , sculpture , statue .

3. [A ball used in marbles]

Syn. nib, ivory, mig, shooter, ante, bait, taw, aggie, cat's eye, glassy; see also toy 1 .

III

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun Slang. A healthy mental state. Used in plural: lucidity, lucidness, mind, reason, saneness, sanity, sense (often used in plural), soundness, wit (used in plural). See SANE.