Marble vs. Alabaster

Marblenoun

A rock of crystalline limestone.

Marblenoun

A small spherical ball of rock, glass, ceramic or metal used in games and races.

Marblenoun

An artwork made from marble.

Marbleverb

(transitive) To cause (something to have) the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example by mixing viscous ingredients incompletely, or by applying paint or other colorants unevenly.

Marbleverb

(intransitive) To get or have the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example due to the incomplete mixing of viscous ingredients, or the uneven application of paint or other colorants.

Marbleverb

(transitive) To cause meat, usually beef, pork, or lamb, to be interlaced with fat so that its appearance resembles that of marble.

Marbleverb

To become interlaced with fat; (of fat) to interlace through meat.

Marbleverb

To lace or be laced throughout.

Marbleadjective

Made of, or resembling, marble.

Marbleadjective

(figurative) Cold; hard; unfeeling.

Marblenoun

A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc.

Marblenoun

A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art, or record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection of such works; as, the Arundel or Arundelian marbles; the Elgin marbles.

Marblenoun

A little ball of glass, marble, porcelain, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with marbles.

Marbleadjective

Made of, or resembling, marble; as, a marble mantel; marble paper.

Marbleadjective

Cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble breast or heart.

Marbleverb

To stain or vein like marble; to variegate in color; as, to marble the edges of a book, or the surface of paper.

Marblenoun

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

Marblenoun

a small ball of glass that is used in various games

Marblenoun

a sculpture carved from marble

Marbleverb

paint or stain like marble;

Marble

Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite. Marble is typically not foliated, although there are exceptions.

Alabasternoun

A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.

Alabasternoun

(historical) A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.

Alabasternoun

An off-white colour, like that of alabaster.

Alabasteradjective

Made of alabaster

Alabasteradjective

Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent.

Alabasternoun

A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.

Alabasternoun

A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; - so called from the stone of which it was originally made.

Alabasternoun

a compact fine-textured usually white gypsum used for carving

Alabasternoun

a hard compact kind of calcite

Alabasternoun

a very light white

Alabaster

Alabaster is a mineral or rock that is soft, often used for carving, and is processed for plaster powder. Archaeologists and the stone processing industry use the word differently from geologists.