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alabaster

noun/adjective

/ˈæl.əˌbæs.tər/

Meaning

A fine-grained, usually white variety of gypsum, often used for carving; also describes something smooth and pale like alabaster.

The statue was carved from pure alabaster.

marble, gypsum, ivory, white stone

granite, basalt

alabaster skin, alabaster statue, alabaster vase

a business organization, or solid and steady

As a noun: a substance that causes a substance to be deposited from a solution; as an adjective: act...

a person, group, or state joined in an alliance or union; relating to a confederacy

A photograph, painting, or screen image in black and white or varying tones of one color.

a curve traced by a point on the rim of a circle as it rolls along a straight line

a person or animal of the sex that can bear offspring; relating to women or girls