transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈæləbɑ:stə ]
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. øøalabastrine adj. [ME f. OF alabastre f. L alabaster, -trum, f. Gk alabast(r)os]