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Alabaster

Alabaster Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Alabaster? [n] a very light white [n] a compact fine-textured usually white gypsum used for carving [n] a hard compact kind of calcite [adj] of or resembling alabaster; "alabaster statue" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Alabaster: alabastrine \| Mexican onyx \| onyx marble \| oriental alabaster Related Terms \| Find terms related to Alabaster: amphibole \| antimony \| apatite \| aplite \| arsenic \| asbestos \| asphalt \| azurite \| bauxite \| billiard table \| bitumen \| boron \| bowling alley \| bowling green \| brimstone \| bromine \| brucite \| calcite \| carbon \| celestite \| chalcedony \| chalk \| chlorite \| chromite \| clay \| coal \| coke \| corundum \| cryolite \| diatomite \| driven snow \| emery \| epidote \| epsomite \| feldspar \| flat \| fleece \| flour \| foam \| garnet \| glass \| glauconite \| graphite \| gypsum \| hatchettine \| holosiderite \| ice \| iron pyrites \| ivory \| jet \| kyanite \| level \| lignite \| lily \| lime \| maggot \| magnesite \| mahogany \| malachite \| maltha \| marble \| marcasite \| marl \| meerschaum \| mica \| milk \| mineral coal \| mineral oil \| mineral salt \| mineral tallow \| mineral tar \| mineral wax \| molybdenite \| monazite \| obsidian \| olivine \| ozokerite \| paper \| pearl \| peat \| perlite \| phosphate rock \| phosphorus \| plane \| pumice \| pyrite \| pyrites \| pyroxene \| quartz \| realgar \| red clay \| rhodonite \| rock crystal \| rocks \| salt \| satin \| selenite \| selenium \| sheet \| siderite \| silica \| silicate \| silicon \| silk \| silver \| slide \| smooth \| snow \| spar \| spinel \| spodumene \| sulfur \| swan \| talc \| talcum \| tellurium \| tennis court \| velvet \| wollastonite \| wulfenite \| zeolite See Also \| calcite \| gypsum \| white \| whiteness Alabaster In Webster's Dictionary \Al"a*bas"ter\, n. [L. alabaster, Gr. ?, said to be derived fr. Alabastron, the name of a town in Egypt, near which it was common: cf. OF. alabastre, F. alb[^a]tre.] 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.

Alabaster Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Alabaster?

[n] a very light white
[n] a compact fine-textured usually white gypsum used for carving
[n] a hard compact kind of calcite
[adj] of or resembling alabaster; "alabaster statue"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Alabaster: alabastrine | Mexican onyx | onyx marble | oriental alabaster

See Also | calcite | gypsum | white | whiteness

Alabaster In Webster's Dictionary

\Al"a*bas"ter\, n. [L. alabaster, Gr. ?, said to be
derived fr. Alabastron, the name of a town in Egypt, near
which it was common: cf. OF. alabastre, F. alb[^a]tre.]
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.

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