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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 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations alabaster [ˈæləbɑːstər] 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Indeed, had I realised how superbly impressive they were going to be, I think I must have declined the adventure altogether,--for, robed in lustrous ivory-white linen were those figures of undress marble, the wealth of their glorious bodies pressing out into bosoms magnificent as magnolias (nobler lines and curves Greece herself has never known), towering in throats of fluted alabaster, and flowering in coiffures of imperial gold. Then he bathed in an alabaster pool and brushed his shaggy hair and whiskers the wrong way to make them still more shaggy. Her beauty was illumined by the awakened soul within, as some rosy lamp might shine through a flawless vase of alabaster. |
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