marbled

adjective

mar·​bled ˈmär-bəld 

1

[marble entry 1]

a

: made of or covered with marble or marbling

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

Synonyms

• blotched
• blotchy
• dappled
• dapple
• mottled
• piebald
• pied
• pinto
• splotched
• spotted

Examples of marbled in a Sentence

The mansion has beautiful marbled columns.

The meat was marbled with fat.

Recent Examples on the Web

On the other side of his marbled bar, customers sip their drinks under the glow of a lighted glass sculpture that stretches across one side of the room. —Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2024

The volumes were rebound in red leather with marbled endpapers around 1800, and historian and collector William Maskell signed the book and made his own notes starting around 1847. —Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 May 2024

Swirl the nail polish with a toothpick to create a marbled effect. —Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 20 Mar. 2024

Ishizu started by swirling together the shades Morning Sighs, In the Navy, and Royal Stamp with a clear base for a marbled effect, then applied a gel topcoat. —Kara Nesvig, Allure, 12 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

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