marbleize

English

Alternative forms

• marbelize, marbleise

Etymology

marble +‎ -ize

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To make (something) look like marble; to marble.
   • 2022 November 27, Barney Ronay, “Welcome to Lusail: Lego-city of the gods and one of the strangest places on earth”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     And later that evening, speeding along the marbleised esplanade towards the lights of Winter Wonderland, a machine voice can be heard emerging from some hidden grill.

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

Related terms

• marbelization, marbleization

Anagrams

• marbelize