A hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material.

Roget 557: sculpture, insculpture^†; carving etc. v.; statuary.    high relief, low relief, bas relief [Fr.]; relief; relieve; bassorilievo^†, altorilievo^†, mezzorilievo^†; intaglio, anaglyph^†; medal, medallion; cameo.    marble, bronze, terra cotta [Sp.], papier-mache; ceramic ware, pottery, porcelain, china, earthenware; cloisonne, enamel, faience, Laocoon, satsuma.    statue, etc. (image) 554; cast etc. (copy) 21; glyptotheca^†.    ... show more

Roget 249: rotundity; roundness etc. adj.; cylindricity^†; sphericity, spheroidity^†; globosity^†.    cylinder, cylindroid^†, cylindrical; barrel, drum; roll, roller; rouleau^†, column, rolling-pin, rundle.    cone, conoid^†; pear shape, egg shape, bell shape.    sphere, globe, ball, boulder, bowlder^†; spheroid, ellipsoid; oblong spheroid; oblate spheroid, prolate spheroid; drop, spherule, globule, vesicle, bulb, bullet, pellet, pelote^†, clew, pill, marble, pea, knob, pommel, horn; knot (convolution) 248.    curved surface, hypersphere; hyperdimensional surface.    ... show more

Roget 823: insensibility, insensibleness^†; moral insensibility; inertness, inertia; vis inertiae [Lat.]; impassibility, impassibleness; inappetency^†, apathy, phlegm, dullness, hebetude^†, supineness, lukewarmness^†.    cold fit, cold blood, cold heart; coldness, coolness; frigidity, sang froid [Fr.]; stoicism, imperturbation etc. (inexcitability) 826^†; nonchalance, unconcern, dry eyes; insouciance etc. (indifference) 866; recklessness etc. 863; callousness; heart of stone, stock and stone, marble, deadness.    torpor, torpidity; obstupefaction^†, lethargy, coma, trance, vegetative state; sleep etc. 683; suspended animation; stupor, stupefaction; paralysis, palsy; numbness etc. (physical insensibility) 376.    neutrality; quietism, vegetation.    ... show more

Roget 590: writing etc. v.; chirography, stelography^†, cerography^†; penmanship, craftmanship^†; quill driving; typewriting.    writing, manuscript, MS.   , literae scriptae [Lat.]; these presents.    stroke of the pen, dash of the pen; coupe de plume; line; headline; pen and ink.    letter etc. 561; uncial writing, cuneiform character, arrowhead, Ogham, Runes, hieroglyphic; contraction; Brahmi^†, Devanagari, Nagari; script.    shorthand; stenography, brachygraphy^†, tachygraphy^†; secret writing, writing in cipher; cryptography, stenography; phonography^†, pasigraphy^†, Polygraphy^†, logography^†.    copy; transcript, rescript; rough copy, fair copy; handwriting; signature, sign manual; autograph, monograph, holograph; hand, fist.    calligraphy; good hand, running hand, flowing hand, cursive hand, legible hand, bold hand.    cacography^†, griffonage^†, barbouillage^†; bad hand, cramped hand, crabbed hand, illegible hand; scribble etc. v.; pattes de mouche [Fr.]; ill-formed letters; pothooks and hangers.    stationery; pen, quill, goose quill; pencil, style; paper, foolscap, parchment, vellum, papyrus, tablet, slate, marble, pillar, table; blackboard; ink bottle, ink horn, ink pot, ink stand, ink well; typewriter.    transcription etc. (copy) 21; inscription etc. (record) 551; superscription etc. (indication) 550; graphology.    composition, authorship; cacoethes scribendi [Lat.]; graphoidea^†, graphomania^†; phrenoia^†.    writer, scribe, amanuensis, scrivener, secretary, clerk, penman, copyist, transcriber, quill driver; stenographer, typewriter, typist; writer for the press etc. (author) 593.    ... show more

Roget 323: hardness etc. adj.; rigidity; renitence^†, renitency; inflexibility, temper, callosity, durity^†.    induration, petrifaction; lapidification^†, lapidescence^†; vitrification, ossification; crystallization.    stone, pebble, flint, marble, rock, fossil, crag, crystal, quartz, granite, adamant; bone, cartilage; hardware; heart of oak, block, board, deal board; iron, steel; cast iron, decarbonized iron, wrought iron; nail; brick, concrete; cement.    ... show more

Roget 440: variegation; colors, dichroism, trichroism; iridescence, play of colors, polychrome, maculation, spottiness, striae.    spectrum, rainbow, iris, tulip, peacock, chameleon, butterfly, tortoise shell; mackerel, mackerel sky; zebra, leopard, cheetah, nacre, ocelot, ophite^†, mother-of-pearl, opal, marble.    check, plaid, tartan, patchwork; marquetry-, parquetry; mosaic, tesserae^†, strigae^†; chessboard, checkers, chequers; harlequin; Joseph's coat; tricolor.    ... show more

Dutch: marmer
Polish: marmur

A small ball of glass that is used in various games.

Dutch: knikker

A sculpture carved from marble.

Polish: marmur

Paint or stain like marble.