alabaster

noun · adjectiveB2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

alabastersalabastrealablaster

1.
(uncountable, usually)A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.
2.
(historical, uncountable, usually)A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.
3.
(uncountable, usually)A sculpture executed in alabaster.
4.
(uncountable, usually)An off-white color, like that of alabaster.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

alabastre

Superlative

alablaster

1.
(not comparable)Made of alabaster.
The crown is stored in an alabaster box with an onyx handle and a gold lock.
2.
(not comparable)Resembling alabaster; white, pale, smooth, translucent.
An ominous alabaster fog settled in the valley.
Đồng nghĩa: alabastrine

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alabastrine

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alabasterlikeNottingham alabaster

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From Middle English alabastre, from Old French alabastre, from Latin alabaster (box for perfumes or unguents), from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος, from earlier ἀλάβαστος (vase without handles for storing perfumes). This may further derive from ꜥj-r-Bast]] (vessel of the Egyptian goddess [[w:Bast (mythology)).