ALL meanings of alabaster
al·a·bas·ter
A a - uncountable noun alabaster Alabaster is a white stone that is used for making statues, vases, and ornaments. 3
- adjective alabaster If you say that someone has alabaster skin, you mean that their skin is very beautiful because it is so white and smooth. 3
- noun alabaster a fine-grained usually white, opaque, or translucent variety of gypsum used for statues, vases, etc 3
- noun alabaster a variety of hard semitranslucent calcite, often banded like marble 3
- adjective alabaster of or resembling alabaster 3
- noun alabaster a translucent, whitish, fine-grained variety of gypsum, used for statues, vases, etc. 3
- noun alabaster a variety of calcite found esp. in stalactites and stalagmites: it is sometimes streaked or mottled like marble 3
- adjective alabaster of or like alabaster; esp., smooth and white 3
- noun alabaster a finely granular variety of gypsum, often white and translucent, used for ornamental objects or work, such as lamp bases, figurines, etc. 1
- noun alabaster Also called Oriental alabaster. a variety of calcite, often banded, used or sold as alabaster. 1
- adjective alabaster made of alabaster: an alabaster column. 1
- adjective alabaster resembling alabaster; smooth and white: her alabaster throat. 1
- noun alabaster A fine-grained, translucent form of gypsum, typically white, often carved into ornaments. 1
- noun alabaster substance: gypsum 1
- noun alabaster made of alabaster 1
- noun alabaster smooth and pale 1
- noun alabaster A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally. 0
- noun alabaster (historical) A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded. 0
- adjective alabaster Made of alabaster. 0
- adjective alabaster Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent. 0