What is another word for marbling?

Pronunciation: [mˈɑːblɪŋ] (IPA)

Marbling refers to the streaks, veins, or patterns of color that resemble the texture of marble. The term marbling can also apply to culinary arts, where it describes the fat streaks in meat that add flavor and tenderness. There are several synonyms for marbling, including veining, striations, swirls, mottling, and graining. Veining is a term commonly used in the context of marble and refers to the visible veins or lines in the stone. Striations refer to the thin lines or bands that can be seen on surfaces like rock, ice, or soil. Mottling is used to describe colors or patterns that appear in blotches or splotches, sometimes on the skin or flesh of fruit. Graining refers to the natural pattern found in wood or other materials.

What are the hypernyms for Marbling?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Marbling?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for marbling (as nouns)

    • food
      edible fat.

What are the antonyms for Marbling?

Usage examples for Marbling

It must be admitted, that this conjectural explanation is liable to very considerable difficulties; for, although the converse operation of taking an impression from a liquid surface has a parallel in the art of marbling paper, the possibility of transferring the ink from the copper to the fluid requires to be proved.
"On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures"
Charles Babbage
It matters not whether we regard the bands between the lobules or the varying shades of the lobules themselves as the marbling, provided either or both are peculiar to contagious pleuropneumonia.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Some authorities are inclined to consider these variations in color on the same cut surface as the so-called marbling of pleuropneumonia.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler

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