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alabaster
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[ noun ] (geology) a compact fine-textured usually white gypsum used for carving
Used in print (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)Flanked by marble urns and alabaster lamps , they seemed to be posing for a tribal portrait . (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)The alabaster cockatoo '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (geology) a hard compact kind of calcite
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[ noun ] (color) a very light white
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