alabaster, alabastrine
(adjective) of or resembling alabaster; “alabaster statue”
alabaster
(noun) a very light white
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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
alabaster (usually uncountable, plural alabasters)
A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.
(historical) A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.
An off-white colour, like that of alabaster.
alabaster (not comparable)
Made of alabaster
Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent.
• alabastre
Source: Wiktionary
Al"a*bas"ter, n. Etym: [L. alabaster, Gr. Alabastron, the name of a town in Egypt, near which it was common: cf. OF. alabastre, F. albâtre.]
1. (Min.) (a) 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. (b) 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.
2. A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made. Fosbroke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 June 2025
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
