Marble



1.
(LITERARY) ថ្មម៉ាប
2.
(FRENCH) ម៉ាប
3.
(SLANG) ទៅជាឆ្កួត
Example: Lose one's marbles
noun
1.
(PLURAL) (play with) marble កូនឃ្លី
2.
(A kind of limestone that can be polished, a monument, sculpture, etc. in marble, a little bell of glass, etc. used in games. -marbles a game for children in which marble is propelled by the thumb to hit other marbles) ថ្មកែវ, រឹងជាប់ធន
Example: The marble columns in the church.made of marble ថ្មពពាយ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
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.
2.
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.
3.
A little ball of marble, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with marbles.
adjective
1.
Made of, or resembling, marble; as, a marble mantel; marble paper.
2.
Cold; hard; unfeeling; as, a marble breast or heart.
verb
1.
To stain or vein like marble; to variegate in color; as, to marble the edges of a book, or the surface of paper.