ALABASTER
\ˌaləbˈastə], \ˌaləbˈastə], \ˌa_l_ə_b_ˈa_s_t_ə]\
Definitions of ALABASTER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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of or resembling alabaster; "alabaster statue"
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a compact fine-textured usually white gypsum used for carving
By Princeton University
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of or resembling alabaster; "alabaster statue"
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a compact fine-textured usually white gypsum used for carving
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.
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A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster.
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A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; - so called from the stone of which it was originally made.
By Oddity Software
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A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.
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A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster.
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A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; - so called from the stone of which it was originally made.
By Noah Webster.
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A calcium salt that is used for a variety of purposes including: building materials, as a desiccant, in dentistry as an impression material, cast, or die, and in medicine for immobilizing casts and as a tablet excipient. It exists in various forms and states of hydration. Plaster of Paris is a mixture of powdered and heat-treated gypsum.
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A variety of compact gypsum; of which an ointment was once made-the unguen'tum alabastri'num; used as a discutient. Alabaster likewise entered into several dentifrices.
By Robley Dunglison
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