MARBLEIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does marbleize mean? 

• MARBLEIZE (verb)
  The verb MARBLEIZE has 1 sense:

1. make something look like marble

  Familiarity information: MARBLEIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARBLEIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they marbleize    ... he / she / it marbleizes   
Past simple: marbleized   
Past participle: marbleized   
-ing form: marbleizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make something look like marble

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

marbleise; marbleize

Context example:

marbleize the fireplace

Hypernyms (to "marbleize" is one way to...):

change surface (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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

marbleization; marbleizing (a texture like that of marble)