51Թ

Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for

alabaster

[ al-uh-bas-ter, -bah-ster ]

noun

  1. a finely granular variety of gypsum, often white and translucent, used for ornamental objects or work, such as lamp bases, figurines, etc.
  2. Also called Oriental alabaster. a variety of calcite, often banded, used or sold as alabaster.


adjective

  1. made of alabaster:

    an alabaster column.

  2. resembling alabaster; smooth and white:

    her alabaster throat.

alabaster

/ -ˌbæstə; ˈæləˌbɑːstə /

noun

  1. a fine-grained usually white, opaque, or translucent variety of gypsum used for statues, vases, etc
  2. a variety of hard semitranslucent calcite, often banded like marble
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or resembling alabaster
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Derived Forms

  • ˌˈٰԱ, adjective
Discover More

51Թ History and Origins

Origin of alabaster1

1350–1400; < Latin < Greek áٰDz; replacing Middle English alabastre < Middle French < Latin
Discover More

51Թ History and Origins

Origin of alabaster1

C14: from Old French alabastre, from Latin alabaster, from Greek alabastros
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Artefacts, including fragments of alabaster jars which bore the inscriptions of the names of Thutmose II and Hatshepsut, provided definitive evidence.

From

The king stares intently into an eternal distance through composite orbs fashioned from alabaster and glass, rendered in varying degrees of clarity, transparency and opacity.

From

"There were fluted columns in African marble, alabaster columns, and stucco ornamentation decorated with gold leaf."

From

She reads a couple of very vivid paragraphs about the “whiter-than-white, nearly alabaster, snowy, bleached Alps” in Switzerland, where her family went on vacation.

From

I hunkered down under the single umbrellaed table, slathering SPF 50 on my alabaster legs.

From

Advertisement

Related 51Թs

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


à l'abandonalabastos