Definitions for alabaster
Princeton's WordNet
alabaster(noun)
a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving
alabaster, oriental alabaster, onyx marble, Mexican onyx(noun)
a hard compact kind of calcite
alabaster(adj)
a very light white
alabaster, alabastrine(adj)
of or resembling alabaster
"alabaster statue"
Wiktionary
alabaster(Noun)
A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.
alabaster(Noun)
A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.
alabaster(Adjective)
Made of alabaster
The crown is stored in an alabaster box with an onyx handle and a gold lock.
alabaster(Adjective)
Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent.
An ominous alabaster fog settled in the valley.
Origin: From alabastre, from alabaster, from ἀλάβαστρος, from earlier ἀλάβαστος. This may further derive from the ancient word a-labaste (vessel of the Egyptian goddess Bast) .
Webster Dictionary
Alabaster(noun)
a compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc
Alabaster(noun)
a hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster
Alabaster(noun)
a box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made
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