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alabastra

alabastra is the plural of alabastron.

Meaning of alabastron

Noun

alabastron (plural alabastrons or alabastra)

  1. A kind of ancient pottery vase used for holding oils, and originally made from alabaster.
    • The discovery, in an early deposit near the Northern Bath, in company with the serpentine vases described above, of the lid of an alabastron with the cartouche of the Hyksos king Khyan.1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 67

Questions about alabastra

What is alabastra the plural of?
Alabastra is the plural of alabastron.

Words near alabastra in the dictionary

  1. alabarchs
  2. alabaster
  3. alabasterine
  4. alabasterlike
  5. alabasters
  6. alabastra
  7. alabastre
  8. alabastres
  9. alabastrian
  10. alabastrine
  11. alabastron

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