I. noun
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Aye, sculpted in whitest alabaster to emphasize his purity.
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Granite and alabaster were also imported with precious materials such as porphyry to give richness and lustre to interiors.
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My fingers are as white, alabaster white, as the hands of a corpse.
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The windows above glow because of their alabaster filling but make the interior darker than it would be with glass.
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They had semi-circular arched heads and were generally filled with alabaster or marble sheets or, sometimes, glass.
II. adjective
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And her alabaster skin, always such a stunning foil for her violet eyes, was an alarming shade of yellow.
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No purple mountain majesty there and no alabaster city, just waves of grain and the Co-op Elevator.
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Poppy by Ruth Harris Poppy's flesh is alabaster , below a cap of bandages.