how to pronounce marbles

/ˈmɑːɹbəlz/

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marbles is pronounced in two syllables

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meanings of marbles

noun:

Plural of marble.
Sanity.
Any of several children's games played with small balls (made of marble or more commonly glass).
Bits of rolled-up rubber shed by the tires of race cars that accumulate at the edges of the track, especially at the corners.

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marble.

name:

Plural of Marble.

marbles frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word marbles occurs in english on average 1.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.