alabaster

/ˈæl.əˌbæs.tə/ · noun

Meaning

A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.
A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.
An off-white colour, like that of alabaster.
Made of alabaster
Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

onyx marble(English)mexican onyx(English)oriental alabaster(English)gypseous(English)alablaster(English)alabastre(English)albarium(English)alum stone(English)effigies(English)reredos(English)effigy(English)recumbent(English)

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Sources

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