Marble Definitions

Useful Words

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Apple Nut : ایک قسم کا بیج , Jade : ایک قیمتی پتھر , Verd Antique : عقیق سبز , Shooter : گولی مارنا , Concrete : سیمنٹ اور پتھر سے مل کر بنے والا مواد , Ceramic : ظروف , Gneiss : پرتیلی چٹان , Slate : فرش پر لگانے کے پتھر , Hornfels : پتھر کے ٹکڑے , Ilmenite : ایک قسم کی دھات , Gem : قیمتی پتھر , Carving : سنگ تراشی , Granite : سنگ خارا , Adamant : قیمتی پتھر , Sand : بالو , Shake : کریش , Cliff : چٹان , Lumber : عمارتی لکڑی , Brick : اینٹ , Sculpt : بت تراش کر بنانا , Chipboard : ہارڈ بورڈ , Cement : سیمنٹ , Tufa : مسام دار چٹان , Crucible : پگھلانے والا برتن , Penthouse : رہنے کی جگہ , Xenolith : کسی چٹان میں پائے جانے والے وہ ٹکڑے جو اس چٹان سے متعلق نہ ہوں , Braze : ٹانکا لگانا , Flower People : انتہائی آزاد خیال لوگ , Modeled : مجسماتی , Gauche : بے سلیقہ , Sculptural : مجسمہ سازی سے متعلق

Useful Words Definitions

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Apple Nut: nutlike seed of a South American palm; the hard white shell takes a high polish and is used for e.g. buttons.

Jade: a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite.

Verd Antique: a dark green impure marble.

Shooter: a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles.

Concrete: a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water.

Ceramic: an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures.

Gneiss: a laminated metamorphic rock similar to granite.

Slate: a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers.

Hornfels: a fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by the action of heat on clay rocks.

Ilmenite: a weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks; an iron titanium oxide in crystalline form; a source of titanium.

Gem: a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.

Carving: a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape.

Granite: plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz.

Adamant: very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem.

Sand: a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.

Shake: building material used as siding or roofing.

Cliff: a steep high face of rock.

Lumber: the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material.

Brick: rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material.

Sculpt: create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material.

Chipboard: a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin.

Cement: a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar.

Tufa: hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash.

Crucible: a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions.

Penthouse: a luxurious apartment or living space that is situated on the top floor or roof of a building, often offering scenic views. Penthouse apartments are known for their exclusivity, spaciousness, and high-end amenities..

Xenolith: (geology) a piece of rock of different origin from the igneous rock in which it is embedded.

Braze: solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point.

Flower People: a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music.

Modeled: resembling sculpture.

Gauche: lacking social polish.

Sculptural: relating to or consisting of sculpture.