Definition of Alabaster

1. Noun. A compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving.

Generic synonyms: Gypsum

2. Adjective. Of or resembling alabaster. "Alabaster statue"
Exact synonyms: Alabastrine

3. Noun. A hard compact kind of calcite.
Exact synonyms: Mexican Onyx, Onyx Marble, Oriental Alabaster
Generic synonyms: Calcite

4. Noun. A very light white.
Generic synonyms: White, Whiteness

Definition of Alabaster

1. n. 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.

Definition of Alabaster

1. Noun. A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally. ¹

2. Noun. (historical) A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded. ¹

3. Adjective. Made of alabaster ¹

4. Adjective. Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Alabaster

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Medical Definition of Alabaster

1. 1. 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. A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of colour; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster. 2. A box or vessel for holding odouriferous ointments, etc.; so called from the stone of which it was originally made. Origin: 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. Albatre. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alabaster

ala minor ossis sphenoidalis
ala nasi
ala orbitalis
ala ossis ilii
ala sacralis
ala temporalis
ala vespertilionis
ala vomeris
alaap
alaaps
alabama period
alabamine
alabamium
alabandite
alabandites
alabaster (current term)
alabasters
alabastre
alabastrian
alabastrine
alabastrum
alachlor
alachlors
alacizumab
alack
alackaday
alacranite
alacrious
alacriously
alacriousness

Literary usage of Alabaster

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1885)
"Fuller is loud in his praises of alabaster—' a most rare poet as any our age or nation hath ... In June 1596 alabaster, as chaplain to the Earl of Essex, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"alabaster was educated at Westminster school, and entered Trinity College, ... From these it appears that alabaster was imprisoned for his change of faith ..."

3. A Dictionary of the Bible, Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography edited by William Smith (1898)
"alabaster occurs m the NT only in the notice of the alabaster-box of ointment which a woman brought to our Lord when he sat at meat in the house of Simon ..."

4. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1888)
"alabaster Vessel». From the British Museum. The inscription OD the centre vessel dénotée the quantity it hold«. The term alabastro, however, was by no mean« ..."

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