alabaster

Definition of Alabaster in English :

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Noun

1. alabaster

a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving

2. alabaster, mexican onyx, onyx marble, oriental alabaster

a hard compact kind of calcite

3. alabaster

a very light white

Adjective

4. alabaster, alabastrine

of or resembling alabaster

Example Sentences:
'alabaster statue'

alabastrine

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Alabaster

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noun

1.

a fine-grained usually white, opaque, or translucent variety of gypsum used for statues, vases, etc

2.

a variety of hard semitranslucent calcite, often banded like marble

adjective

3.

of or resembling alabaster

Alabaster

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noun

1.

a translucent, whitish, fine-grained variety of gypsum, used for statues, vases, etc.

2.

a variety of calcite found esp. in stalactites and stalagmites: it is sometimes streaked or mottled like marble

adjective

3.

of or like alabaster; esp., smooth and white

Alabaster

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n.

1. A dense, translucent, white or tinted fine-grained gypsum.

2. A variety of hard calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.

3. A pale yellowish pink to yellowish gray.

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