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alabastre

alabastre is the obsolete form of alabaster.

Meaning of alabaster

Adjective

alabaster (not comparable)

  1. Made of alabaster.
    • The crown is stored in an alabaster box with an onyx handle and a gold lock.
  2. Resembling alabaster; white, pale, smooth, translucent.
    • An ominous alabaster fog settled in the valley.
    Synonyms:
    alabastrine

See all 7 meanings of alabaster

Forms of alabastre

pluralalabastres

Questions about alabastre

What is alabastre the obsolete form of?
Alabastre is the obsolete form of alabaster.

Words near alabastre in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alabastre (page history and authors); alabaster (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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