English Explanatory Dictionary

Pentelic marble

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A white marble with a uniform, faint yellow tint, quarried on Mount Pentelicus near Athens.

Word forms

Pentelic marble Pentelic marbles

Etymology

Calque of Latin marmor Pentelicum.

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