ALABASTER

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

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Adjective

alabaster (not comparable)

Made of alabaster

Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent.

Anagrams

• alabastre

Source: Wiktionary

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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 A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made.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

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