Marble Oxford Dictionary

His best known work being the huge seated marble figure of abraham lincoln dedicated in 1922 on the lincoln memorial in washington.

Marble oxford dictionary.

We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website including to provide targeted advertising and track usage. This construction was built almost entirely with pentelic marble and shows 8 columns at its two shorter sides and 17 columns at its longer ones containing a statue of athena in its central area. The oxford dictionary of art and artists. Marble having irregular markings said to resemble the outline of ruins.

More example sentences the arborescent forms depicted in bluish grey upon this landscape marble form a marked contrast to the angular markings of warm brown colour which are seen on slabs of ruin marble from florence. Listen to audio with how to say in english. Marbly definition like marble in appearance hardness coldness etc. Definition of marble noun in oxford advanced learner s dictionary.

Look it up now. Meaning pronunciation picture example sentences grammar usage notes synonyms and more. A white marble quarried on mount pentelicus near athens. Oxford children s dictionaries have once again teamed up with bbc radio 2 s 500 words to identify the 2020 oxford children s word of the year.

Pronunciation of noun in oxford advanced american dictionary. Listen to audio with how to say marble in english. The man who made dictionaries. Internally there is a mosaic tiled floor stone and marble pillars and part marble clad walls below the glacier lies granite seamed through with limestone and marble which the constant rush of meltwater has honeycombed with caves.

Pronunciation of marble noun in oxford advanced learner s dictionary.