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Alabaster
/ˈæl.əˌbæs.tə/
A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.
📖 Definitions of "Alabaster"
noun
- 1
A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.
- 2
A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.
- 3
An off-white colour, like that of alabaster.
adjective
- 1
Made of alabaster
"The crown is stored in an alabaster box with an onyx handle and a gold lock."
- 2
Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent.
"An ominous alabaster fog settled in the valley."
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