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MARBLEIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make something look like marble

Example:

marbleize the fireplace

Synonyms:

marbleise; marbleize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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)

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