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alabaster
[ al-uh-bas-ter, -bah-ster ]
noun
- a finely granular variety of gypsum, often white and translucent, used for ornamental objects or work, such as lamp bases, figurines, etc.
- Also called Oriental alabaster. a variety of calcite, often banded, used or sold as alabaster.
adjective
- made of alabaster:
an alabaster column.
- resembling alabaster; smooth and white:
her alabaster throat.
alabaster
/ -ËŒbæstÉ™; ˈæləˌbÉ‘ËstÉ™ /
noun
- a fine-grained usually white, opaque, or translucent variety of gypsum used for statues, vases, etc
- a variety of hard semitranslucent calcite, often banded like marble
adjective
- of or resembling alabaster
Derived Forms
- ËŒ²¹±ô²¹Ëˆ²ú²¹²õ³Ù°ù¾±²Ô±ð, adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of alabaster1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of alabaster1
Example Sentences
Artefacts, including fragments of alabaster jars which bore the inscriptions of the names of Thutmose II and Hatshepsut, provided definitive evidence.
The king stares intently into an eternal distance through composite orbs fashioned from alabaster and glass, rendered in varying degrees of clarity, transparency and opacity.
"There were fluted columns in African marble, alabaster columns, and stucco ornamentation decorated with gold leaf."
She reads a couple of very vivid paragraphs about the “whiter-than-white, nearly alabaster, snowy, bleached Alps†in Switzerland, where her family went on vacation.
I hunkered down under the single umbrellaed table, slathering SPF 50 on my alabaster legs.
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