Carrara marble

noun

Car·​ra·​ra marble

variants or less commonly Carrara

kəˈrärə,

-ˈȧ-

: a white statuary marble

carraran

-rən

adjective usually capitalized

Word History

Etymology

from Carrara (now part of Apuania), Italy, where it is found

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