ALABASTER


Meaning of ALABASTER in English

n. & adj.

n. a translucent usu. white form of gypsum, often carved into ornaments.

adj. 1 of alabaster. 2 like alabaster in whiteness or smoothness. alabastrine adj.

[ ME f. OF alabastre f. L alabaster, -trum, f. Gk alabast(r)os ]

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