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单词 purbeck marble
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  • At Kingsbere-sub-Greenhill: rows and rows of you in your vaults, with your effigies under Purbeck-marble canopies.

    Tess of the d'Urbervilles|Thomas Hardy

Purbeck marble

Purbeck stone

/ (ˈpɜːbɛk) /

noun

a fossil-rich limestone that takes a high polish: used for building, etc

Word Origin for Purbeck marble

C15: named after Purbeck, Dorset, where it is quarried

Words nearby Purbeck marble

pupu, pur, Puracé, Purana, Purbach, Purbeck marble, purblind, Purcell, Purcell Mountains, Purchas, purchasable
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