Definition of alabaster Alabaster

/æˈlʌbæˌstɚ/ - [atlubaster] - al•a•bas•ter

We found 15 definitions of alabaster from 6 different sources.

What does alabaster mean?

Noun Plural: alabasters
alabaster - a very light white
alabaster - a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving
alabaster - a hard compact kind of calcite
		oriental alabaster, onyx marble, Mexican onyx
Adjective
alabaster - of or resembling alabaster; "alabaster statue"
		alabastrine
		alabaster a very light white

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

alabaster (n.)
A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.
alabaster (n.)
A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster.
alabaster (n.)
A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made.

alabaster
al′a-bas-tėr, n. a semi-transparent kind of gypsum or sulphate of lime: the fine limestone deposited as stalagmites and stalactites.—adj. made of alabaster.—adj. Alabas′trian. [Gr. alabastros, said to be derived from Alabastron, a town in Egypt.]