onyx marble English

Meaning onyx marble meaning

What does onyx marble mean?

onyx marble

— noun (= alabaster) a hard compact kind of calcite

Synonyms onyx marble synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as onyx marble?

onyx marble English » English

alabaster

oriental alabaster

Mexican onyx

striated marble

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Simple sentences

Marble floors are beautiful.

The organ is supported by red marble columns and embellished with countless decorations.

His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold.

Mary's white bridal gown against the backdrop of the white marble wall virtually made her disappear.

Michelangelo carved the statue of David out of a single block of marble.

I was so tired that I fell asleep on the hard marble floor.

This statue was carved from a single block of marble.

The building is built of marble of a most lovely color.

They are chiseling a statue out of marble.

This statue is made of marble.

Movie subtitles

The brightness of that searchlight represents the extreme luminosity of stars and I'm gonna use this tiny marble to represent the planet.

But the guy told me to wait a couple days until the marble settles.

It was injected under the skin, and it turned the dog dead white, like a marble statue.

Next, you'll be on a marble slab.

It's like marble.

It's strange, it's cold as marble.

That marble quarry in the valley is simply magnificent.

All those marble pillars down there?

At Mrs. Onderkonk's cockfight last Tuesday, whom should I see but Mrs. Marble.

You mean the marble pillars got me.

Marble terraces, stained-glass windows.

And, now, let me call your attention to the mantlepiece. Observe, Miss Eliza, solid marble entirely hand-carved.

Marble, I never thought you'd turn out to be a water buffalo.

Moose, Marble.

Lovely lady, this pearl grows yellow against the marble of your hand.

Next the clay, and then the marble.

The Song of Songs in marble.

Yes, you modelled her in marble. I modelled her in the flesh, so to speak.

Down in the lobby playing marble games?

White marble, maybe.

Her eyebrows are pretty as the Moon. Teeth like pearls, and breasts like marble, and shoulders.

It's amid marble splendors such as these that Jacqueline dwells.

There are more than 500 marble columns in the Church of St. Mark.

What does marble think when it's being sculpted?

Giovanni has gone back to his native Italy. Instead of building marble palaces, he'll go on forever building fences.

We found a new fragment of cipolin marble, there's no doubt!

This large marble exedra will block the unsightly view of the suburbs and a large marble area will provide a worthy frame.

In a mansion.. out front the entrance has two marble lions.

Two marble lions? So is this true?

Two marble lions!

Like a great marble tombstone, he is, afloat.

The emperor builds and builds, turning brick to marble.

News and current affairs

All of these contribute to the record, just like a good camera was necessary for Ansel Adam's unforgettable photos of the American West, or good marble and sharp chisels for Michelangelo's sculpture of David.

The amount of marble used for renovation seemed excessive, and the understanding of what constitutes luxury appeared to correspond to the standards of a Holiday Inn.

But the ECB and the Stability and Growth Pact being what they are, both German parties are what they are: a sculptor who has promised to carve a marble statue overnight but has lost his chisel.

Niyazov destroyed the country's health-care system and neglected its endemic poverty, while spending billions to turn its capital, Ashgabat, into a Las Vegas-style wonder of white marble and gold.