alabaster
alabaster Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Resembling alabaster in being very smooth, pale, and translucent white.
"The portrait highlighted the subject's alabaster complexion against a dark velvet background."
Made or carved out of alabaster.
"An antique alabaster lamp cast a warm, diffused glow across the library."
• noun
A fine-grained, translucent form of gypsum or calcite, typically white and often carved into ornaments, statues, and vessels.
"The museum displayed several ancient Egyptian vessels delicately carved from translucent alabaster."
A very pale, smooth, slightly translucent white color.
"She painted the gallery walls a soft alabaster to complement the natural light."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French alabastre, via Latin alabaster, from Ancient Greek alabastros, possibly derived from the town of Alabastron in ancient Egypt, where the stone was famously quarried for making ointment jars.