marbled

• banded
• barred
• bespattered
• blotched
• blotchy
• blotted
• brindle
• brindled
• calico
• checkered
• colored
• colorful
• dapple
• dappled
• discolored
• dotted
• dyed
• flecked
• freckled
• interspersed
• marked
• motley
• mottled
• multicolored
• peppered
• piebald
• pied
• pigmented
• pinto
• polychromatic
• polychrome
• set
• shaded
• shot
• spattered
• specked
• speckled
• splotched
• spotted
• sprinkled
• stained
• stippled
• streaked
• striped
• studded
• varicolored
• variegated

• monochromatic
• monochrome
• monochromic
• solid

• verb
  1. To cause (something to have) the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example by mixing viscous ingredients incompletely, or by applying paint or other colorants unevenly.
  2. To get or have the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example due to the incomplete mixing of viscous ingredients, or the uneven application of paint or other colorants.
  3. To cause meat, usually beef, pork, or lamb, to be interlaced with fat so that its appearance resembles that of marble.
  4. (of meat, especially beef) To become interlaced with fat; (of fat) to interlace through meat.
  5. (by extension) To lace or be laced throughout.
• adjective
  1. Composed of marble; having a marble exterior.
  2. Having marbling.
  3. Resembling marble.
  4. (meat) Interlaced with fat.

• The chef selected a cut of beef that was beautifully marbled with fat.
• Her notebook had a classic black-and-white marbled cover.
• The dessert had a rich, marbled swirl of chocolate and vanilla.
• They walked across the grand hall’s shiny, marbled floor.
• The artist crafted a sculpture that looked as if it were made from marbled stone.

kaleidoscopic

maculate

calico

dappled

painted

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