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

Noun

a kind of white stone used for making statues and vases [Greek alabastros]

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] n → alabastro

alabaster [ˈæləbɑːstəʳ] n → Alabaster m