marbling Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the intermixture of fat and lean in a cut of meat
  2. verb paint or stain like marble
    marble.
    • marble paper

WordNet


Mar"bling noun
Definitions
  1. The art or practice of variegating in color, in imitation of marble.
  2. An intermixture of fat and lean in meat, giving it a marbled appearance.
  3. pl. (Zoöl.) Distinct markings resembling the variegations of marble, as on birds and insects.

Webster 1913