different between marbles vs races

English

Noun

marbles pl (plural only)

1. Any of several children's games played with small balls (made of marble or more commonly glass).

2. (figuratively, usually in a limited number of expressions) Sanity.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sanity

   • 2012, J. T. Petty, Bloody Chester, First Second, ?ISBN, p. 63:

     —Her daddy's crazy. [...] Think she's looking for something?
     —Treasure, I expect. That or maybe her daddy's marbles.

3. (motor racing) Bits of rolled-up rubber shed by the tires of race cars that accumulate at the edges of the track, especially at the corners.

Derived terms

• all one's marbles
• lose one's marbles

Translations

Noun

marbles

1. plural of marble

Verb

marbles

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marble

Further reading

• marble (toy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Amblers, amblers, blamers, lambers, rambles

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?s?z/

Noun

races

1. plural of race

Verb

races

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of race

Anagrams

• CERAs, Cares, Ceras, Cesar, Crase, Creas, SERCA, acers, acres, cares, carse, caser, ceras, crase, e-cars, sacre, scare, serac, sérac

Catalan

Noun

races

1. plural of raça

Danish

Noun

races n

1. indefinite genitive singular of race
2. indefinite genitive plural of race

Noun

races c

1. indefinite genitive singular of race

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

races

1. Plural form of race

French

Noun

races f

1. plural of race

Anagrams

• âcres, caser, César, crase, créas, sacre, sacré, scare