marbled

adjective

mar·​bled ˈmär-bəld 

1

[marble entry 1]

a

: made of or covered with marble or marbling

b

: marked by an extensive use of marble as an architectural or decorative feature

ancient marbled cities

2

: having markings or coloration suggestive of marble

3

[marble entry 2] : marked by an intermixture of fat and lean

well-marbled beef

Synonyms

• blotched
• blotchy
• dappled
• dapple
• mottled
• piebald
• pied
• pinto
• splotched
• spotted

Examples of marbled in a Sentence

The mansion has beautiful marbled columns.

The meat was marbled with fat.

Recent Examples on the Web

The marbled acrylic design is incredibly stylish, and despite being dropped, kicked, and tossed around, the teeth have yet to break. —Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2025

Creative Tonic Design The colors of the geometric floor tiles in this lounge by Creative Tonic match those in the marbled niches on either side of the chimney breast. —Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2025

As a result, marbled cats are considered one of the country’s rarest and most mysterious animals. —Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025

The palate featured similar flavors and accents of spruce tip, marbled rye toast, and baking spice. —Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for marbled

• garbled

Kids Definition

marbled

adjective

mar·​bled ˈmär-bəld 

1

: made from or decorated with marble

2

: having markings or color similar to marble

3

: having lines of fat throughout

marbled meat