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alabaster
UK /ˈæl.əˌbɑːs.tə/ US /ˈæl.əˌbæs.tɚ/
noun 3adj 2name 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
behind
VERB + ALABASTER
having, jeweled, made, seemed, stored
ALABASTER + NOUN
brow, ointment, plate
PREP.
except, in, in, with
ADV.
entirely
Definitions
noun
1
A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.
Why ſhould a man whoſe bloud is warme within, Sit like his Grandſire, cut in Alabaſter?
Nor was the flame dissevered from its ribbon But like a radiant fillet ran along So that fire seemed it behind alabaster.
2
A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.
3
An off-white colour, like that of alabaster.
adj
1
Made of alabaster.
The crown is stored in an alabaster box with an onyx handle and a gold lock.
And being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
2
Resembling alabaster; white, pale, smooth, translucent.
An ominous alabaster fog settled in the valley.
With more than admiration he admir’d Her azure veins, her alabaster skin, Her coral lips, her snow-white dimpled chin.
name
1
A city in Shelby County, Alabama, United States.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — of or resembling alabaster
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Why ſhould a man whoſe bloud is warme within, Sit like his Grandſire, cut in Alabaſter?
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Nor was the flame dissevered from its ribbon But like a radiant fillet ran along So that fire seemed it behind alabaster.
Wiktionary03
One of the striking relics found at the tomb, was a Canopic portrait head of Queen Tii, made entirely of alabaster except the eyes and eyebrows, which were inlaid lapis lazuli and osidian.
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The crown is stored in an alabaster box with an onyx handle and a gold lock.
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And being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his
Wiktionary06
An enameled miniature of Christ is set in the center of a jeweled alabaster paten, the plate that holds the bread during Communion services.
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