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marbleize

marbleize verb: to make (something) look like marble; to marble.

Verb

marbleize (third-person singular simple present marbleizes, present participle marbleizing, simple past and past participle marbleized)

  1. (transitive) To make (something) look like marble; to marble.
    • And later that evening, speeding along the marbleised esplanade towards the lights of Winter Wonderland, a machine voice can be heard emerging from some hidden grill.2022 November 27, Barney Ronay, “Welcome to Lusail: Lego-city of the gods and one of the strangest places on earth”, in The Guardian
  2. (intransitive) To come to look like marble; to marble.

Forms of marbleize

third-person singular presentmarbleizes
present participlemarbleizing
past participlemarbleized
pastmarbleized
alternative formmarbelize
alternative formmarbleise

Origin of marbleize

From marble + -ize.

Words formed from marbleize

Questions about marbleize

What does marbleize mean?
Marbleize means to make (something) look like marble; to marble.
What part of speech is marbleize?
Marbleize is a verb.
What is the past tense of marbleize?
The past tense of marbleize is marbleized.

Words near marbleize in the dictionary

  1. marbleised
  2. marbleises
  3. marbleising
  4. marbleization
  5. marbleizations
  6. marbleize
  7. marbleized
  8. marbleizer
  9. marbleizers
  10. marbleizes
  11. marbleizing

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