| NOUN | substance | alabaster | a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving |
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| substance | alabaster, oriental alabaster, onyx marble, Mexican onyx | a hard compact kind of calcite | |
| attribute | alabaster | a very light white | |
| ADJECTIVE | pert | alabaster, alabastrine | of or resembling alabaster |
| Sounds | ae'lahbae.ster | |
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| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | Of or resembling alabaster. | |
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| Example | "alabaster statue" | |
| Synonym | alabastrine | |
| Spanish | alabastrino | |
| Catalan | alabastrí | |
| Nouns | alabaster | a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving |
| Meaning | A compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving. | |
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| Broader | gypsum | A common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters / plasters (especially plaster of Paris) |
| Spanish | alabastro | |
| Catalan | alabastre | |
| Adjectives | alabaster, alabastrine | of or resembling alabaster |
| Meaning | A hard compact kind of calcite. | |
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| Synonyms | oriental alabaster, onyx marble, Mexican onyx | |
| Broader | calcite | A common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate |
| Spanish | alabastro oriental, ónix mexicano | |
| Meaning | A very light white. | |
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| Broader | white, whiteness | The quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black) |
| Spanish | alabastro | |
| Catalan | alabastre | |
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