Alabaster

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.

   “Why ſhould a man whoſe bloud is warme within, Sit like his Grandſire, cut in Alabaſter?”

2. isim A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.
3. isim A sculpture executed in alabaster.

   “Beautiful oviform vases and covers, jars and covers with flowers and foliage, Italian alabasters, copies of the antique, were ranged side by side with Chinese ginger jars and common preserve bottles of birds'eggs[…]”

4. isim An off-white color, like that of alabaster.
5. sıfat Made of alabaster.

   “The crown is stored in an alabaster box with an onyx handle and a gold lock.”

6. sıfat Resembling alabaster; white, pale, smooth, translucent.

   “An ominous alabaster fog settled in the valley.”

7. özel isim A city in Shelby County, Alabama, United States.