The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word MARBLE
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More clues leading to the result MARBLE
- Brother driven back in Tom’s roller?
- Rock that upsets first half of country walk?
- Horse swallows black stone
- One of the Rolling Stones?
- Rock, rhythm & blues primarily impresses bloke
- Brother turns in man that won’t yield, possibly an ally
- Hard mother reportedly spent endlessly
- Spoil, with 50% bleach, stone with coloured streaks?
- You’d be unfortunate to lose more than one 16
- Blemish? Partially whiten building material
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What does MARBLE mean?
MARBLE noun- A rock of crystalline limestone.
- (games) A small ball, usually of glass or ceramic.
- An artwork made from marble.
- 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 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 meat, usually beef, pork, or lamb, to be interlaced with fat so that its appearance resembles that of marble.
- (of meat, especially beef) To become interlaced with fat; (of fat) to interlace through meat.
- (by extension) To lace or be laced throughout.
- Made of, or resembling, marble.
- Cold; hard; unfeeling.