alabasternoun [ U ]
uk/ˌæl.əˈbæs.tər/us/ˈæl.ə.bæs.tɚ/an almost transparent, white stone, often used for making decorative objects
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Geology: types of rock
- basalt
- basaltic
- bedrock
- bioclastic
- boulder
- carboniferous
- chalk
- clastic
- conglomerate
- cryolite
- flinty
- gneiss
- gypsum
- haematite
- lava
- lodestone
- quartz
- schist
- sedimentary
- slate
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Examples from literature
- Conscious of nothing but her grief, motionless, and blinded by her tears, she looked like a weeping statue of alabaster.
- In the middle of the lower court there was a stately fountain of fair alabaster.
- She could blanch to the whiteness of alabaster.
- The cliffs that border the foreshore are strikingly coloured and are veined with alabaster.
- The whole of the frieze is of alabaster, while the architrave and cornice are of black marble.