marble
/ˈmɑɹ.bəl/ nom B1En français : marbre, bille, grillot, canique
- A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.
- A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic.
- Statues made from marble. · The Elgin Marbles were originally part of the temple of the Parthenon.
- The marbling in meat. · The marble is graded using the Australian system.
Pluriel marbles
Dans la bibliothèque
He saw before him an officer delegated to enforce the law, and perfectly well knew that it would be as unavailing to seek pity from a magistrate decked with his official scarf, as to address a petition to some cold marble effigy.
The streets were lined with beautiful houses all built of green marble and studded everywhere with sparkling emeralds.
They walked over a pavement of the same green marble, and where the blocks were joined together were rows of emeralds, set closely, and glittering in the brightness of the sun.
There was a tiny fountain in the middle of the room, that shot a spray of green perfume into the air, to fall back into a beautifully carved green marble basin.
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