1
b
: marked by an extensive use of marble as an architectural or decorative feature
ancient marbled cities
2
: having markings or coloration suggestive of marble
3
[marble entry 2]
: marked by an intermixture of fat and lean
well-marbled beef
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The mansion has beautiful marbled columns.
The meat was marbled with fat.
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Marbled Lungfish The marbled lungfish is native to the freshwater systems of East and Central Africa.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
Entering the lobby, your eye is led from the sleek golden fireplace across the lavishly marbled floors sliced into vaguely astrological patterns to a pair of globular totemic sculptures by the Danish artist Nicholas Shurey.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
Nearby, two employees prepared a prescription for a customer, moving with assembly line-like efficiency in a precise but fluid dance: one ground herbs with a mortar and pestle while the other measured slabs of marbled ginseng on a traditional handheld gram scale.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024
The vinyl release includes four marbled, translucent LPs, accompanied by a 12-by-12 inch poster.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
Entering the lobby, your eye is led from the sleek golden fireplace across the lavishly marbled floors sliced into vaguely astrological patterns to a pair of globular totemic sculptures by the Danish artist Nicholas Shurey.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
Nearby, two employees prepared a prescription for a customer, moving with assembly line-like efficiency in a precise but fluid dance: one ground herbs with a mortar and pestle while the other measured slabs of marbled ginseng on a traditional handheld gram scale.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024
The vinyl release includes four marbled, translucent LPs, accompanied by a 12-by-12 inch poster.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
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marbled
adjective
mar·bled
ˈmär-bəld 
1
: made from or decorated with marble
2
: having markings or color similar to marble
3
: having lines of fat throughout
marbled meat
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