alabaster | | |
n. (substance) | 1. alabaster | a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving. |
| ~ gypsum | a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris). |
n. (substance) | 2. alabaster, mexican onyx, onyx marble, oriental alabaster | a hard compact kind of calcite. |
| ~ calcite | a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone. |
n. (attribute) | 3. alabaster | a very light white. |
| ~ whiteness, white | the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black). |
adj. (pertain) | 4. alabaster, alabastrine | of or resembling alabaster.; "alabaster statue" |
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