Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Made of alabaster.
The crown is stored in an alabaster box with an onyx handle and a gold lock.
alabastern
алеба́стровыйalebástrovyj
of or resembling alabaster
(not comparable)Resembling alabaster; white, pale, smooth, translucent.
An ominous alabaster fog settled in the valley.
Examples
3 sentencesA fountain of alabaster stands in the alabaster-paved inner court.
Her alabaster brow was furrowed by temporary wrinkles while she thought over plans.
It's made of alabaster.
ruОн сделан из алебастра. — marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English alabastre, from Old French alabastre, from Latin alabaster (“box for pFrom Middle English alabastre, from Old French alabastre, from Latin alabaster (“box for perfumes or unguents”), from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos, “vase without handles for storing perfumes”). This may further derive from Egyptian ꜥj-r-bꜣstjt (“vessel of the Egyptian goddess Bast”). The Latin suffix -aster is unrelated, but may have influenced the spelling of the borrowing from Ancient Greek (whence a direct loan could have been rendered as *alabastrus).
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- of or resembling alabaster:alabastrine