alabaster

al·a·bas·ter  (l-bstr)

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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[Middle English alabastre, from Old French, from Latin alabaster, from Greek alabastros, alabastos, possibly of Egyptian origin.]

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alabaster [ˈæləˌbɑːstə -ˌbæstə]

n

1. (Earth Sciences / Minerals) a fine-grained usually white, opaque, or translucent variety of gypsum used for statues, vases, etc.

2. (Earth Sciences / Minerals) a variety of hard semitranslucent calcite, often banded like marble

adj

of or resembling alabaster

[from Old French alabastre, from Latin alabaster, from Greek alabastros]

alabastrine  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	alabaster - a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving gypsum - a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris)
	2.	alabaster - a hard compact kind of calcite       Mexican onyx, onyx marble, oriental alabaster calcite - a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone
	3.	alabaster - a very light white                   whiteness, white - the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
Adj.	1.	alabaster - of or resembling alabaster; "alabaster statue" alabastrine

Translations

alabaster [ˈæləbɑːstəʳ]

A. N → alabastro m

B. ADJ → alabastrino

alabaster [ˈæləbɑːstə^r]

n → albâtre m

modif

(made of alabaster) [figure, vase] → en albâtre

(= smooth) [skin, neck, breasts, buttocks] → d'albâtre

alabaster

n → Alabaster m

adj (lit) → alabastern, Alabaster-; (fig liter) → Alabaster-, wie Alabaster; alabaster skin → Alabasterhaut f

alabaster [ˈæləbɑːstəʳ] n → alabastro