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Plural of marble

regular plural

The plural of marble is marbles.

Forms of marble

Singularmarble /ˈmɑː.bəl/
Pluralmarbles
Countablecountable and uncountable

Marbles in a sentence

  • Either by forcing the lardoon out with a plunger, by pushing it with a knife point, or by trailing it behind the needle, the cook artificially marbles the meat.2004, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Encyclopedia of kitchen history, page 684
  • As we feed these cattle corn their meat marbles.1974, Rising cost of meat: hearings before the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing and Consumer Relations
  • Getting those marbles off the red carpet was a real heads-up move.From the entry heads-up
  • Grandpa's lost his marbles, but at least he still recognizes us.From the entry marbles
  • Marbles were among the treasures found buried in the ruins of Pompeii.From the entry marbles

Meaning of marble

  1. noun A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.
  2. noun A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic.
  3. noun Statues made from marble.

Full definition of marble

Questions about the plural of marble

What is the plural of marble?
The plural of marble is marbles.
Is marble countable?
Marble is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: marble (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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