alabaster

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from earlier. This may further derive from --. The Latin suffix is unrelated, but may have influenced the spelling of the borrowing from Ancient Greek (whence a direct loan could have been rendered as *alabastrus).

Noun

 * 1) A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.
 * 2)  A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.
 * 3) An off-white colour, like that of alabaster.
 * 1)  A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.
 * 2) An off-white colour, like that of alabaster.
 * 1) An off-white colour, like that of alabaster.

Derived terms

 * alabasterlike
 * Nottingham alabaster

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: алабастър
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: alabast
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀλάβαστρον
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: albastar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kalmyk: җуңшу
 * Kazakh: алебастр
 * Korean:
 * Latin: alabaster
 * Middle English: alabastre
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: alabast
 * Ottoman Turkish: قایماق طاشی
 * Persian:
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 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
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 * Swedish:
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 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yoruba: alabásítà

Adjective

 * 1) Made of alabaster.
 * 2) Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent.
 * 1) Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent.
 * 1) Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent.
 * 1) Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: alabastrí
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, alabasterinen
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:

Etymology
Borrowed from, from earlier.

Noun

 * 1) a box, tapering to a point at the top, for perfumes or unguents

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  object
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Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) sawdust mixed with glue, used to seal holes in wood
 * 1) sawdust mixed with glue, used to seal holes in wood