Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

marbled

/mˈɑɹbəld/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables: mar-bled
IPA: /mˈɑɹbəld/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Composed of marble; having a marble exterior.

adj

Having marbling.

adj

Resembling marble.

adj

Interlaced with fat.

verb

simple past and past participle of marble

Example Sentences

"Goe great with Tygers, Dragons, Wolues, and Beares, Teeme with new Monſters, whom thy vpward face Hath to the Marbled Manſion all aboue Neuer preſented."
"The hanging-bowl lampshade in marbled glass was two decades pre-war – the kind that marked out aged people."

Etymology

From marble + -ed.

Inflected Forms

more marbled (comparative) most marbled (superlative)

Derived Forms

multimarbled unmarbled

Phrases

brown-marbled grouper marbled cat marbled crayfish marbled duck marbled eel marbled frog marbled goby marbled godwit

Synonyms

bemarbled marbleized marbleised

Rhymes With

garbled

Questions

How do you pronounce marbled?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɑɹbəld/.
What does marbled mean?: Composed of marble; having a marble exterior.
Where does marbled come from?: From marble + -ed.

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