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UK
/ˌæləbˈæstɐ/
]
[ US /ˈæɫəˌbæstɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈæɫəˌbæstɝ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
of or resembling alabaster
alabaster statue
NOUN
- a very light white
- a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving
- a hard compact kind of calcite
How To Use alabaster In A Sentence
- The 52 cm high sculpture is carved in translucent Egyptian alabaster and represents a royal female of the Amarna Period, between 1350-1334 B.C.
- Striking too are Leon Victor Solon's 1896 porcelain plaque Resting and the metal and alabaster three tulips lamps by Albert Cheuret.
- Known for his geometric sculptures from the '50s in iron and alabaster, which have inspired numerous artists, particularly Richard Serra, he also made collages and wrote extensively.
- Milton has the word alabaster three times, twice incorrectly spelled Milton's Comus
- As such I found myself dressed in black pyjamas and hood with only my eyes visible, creeping along a hallway with a particularly well-polished Ottoman strapped to my back and an alabaster vase full of tulips.
- Alabaster bowls, more than a dozen steatite vessels, and fragments of ostrich eggshell containers were also found. Arabian Hoard
- Shifting winds blew clouds of spray over the rocks, trees, and shrubs until they seemed to be sheathed in alabaster.
- Alabaster couples loitered along the garden path, handsome, whole and serene.
- A slender adult leader with raven hair and glistening alabaster skin which reflected the full moon's light was playing a set of rich, nut-brown pipes.
- And I love that the lesbian who doesn't play one in this movie or on TV, has the steamiest, most alabaster skinned, and way too brief, sex scene. Kate Clinton: Big Love Trumps Mr. Big