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| al·a·bas·ter [ àllə bástər ] |
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1. type of gypsum: a white or transparent form of gypsum. Use: decorative carving.
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2. type of calcite: a hard semitranslucent type of calcite, occasionally with banding
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adjective |
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1. of alabaster: made of alabaster
  alabaster ornaments
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2. white: white and translucent like alabaster
her alabaster skin
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| [14th century. Via Old French< Greek alabastros] |
