MARBLEIZE

marbleize, marbleise

(verb) make something look like marble; “marbleize the fireplace”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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

(transitive) To make (something) look like marble; to marble.

(intransitive) To come to look like marble; to marble.

Anagrams

• marbelize

Source: Wiktionary


Mar"ble*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marbleized; p. pr. & vb. n. Marbleizing.]

Definition: To stain or grain in imitation of marble; to cover with a surface resembling marble; as, to marbleize slate, wood, or iron.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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