"alabaster" in the noun sense
1. alabaster
a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving
2. alabaster, oriental alabaster, onyx marble, Mexican onyx
a hard compact kind of calcite
3. alabaster
a very light white
"alabaster" in the adjective sense
1. alabaster, alabastrine
of or resembling alabaster
"alabaster statue"
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