marble vs shuttlecock

marble

noun
  • A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic. 

  • Statues made from marble. 

  • A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone. 

adj
  • Cold; hard; unfeeling. 

  • Made of, or resembling, marble. 

verb
  • To become interlaced with fat; (of fat) to interlace through meat. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

  • To lace or be laced throughout. 

  • To cause meat, usually beef, pork, or lamb, to be interlaced with fat so that its appearance resembles that of marble. 

shuttlecock

noun
  • A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games. 

verb
  • To move rapidly back and forth. 

  • To send or toss back and forth; to bandy. 

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