alabaster
- Noun. A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.
- Noun. (historical) A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.
- Adjective. Made of alabaster.
- Adjective. Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent.
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