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alabastron

alabastron noun: a kind of ancient pottery vase used for holding oils, and originally made from alabaster.

alabastron: a kind of ancient pottery vase used for holding oils, and originally made from alabaster
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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 A kind of ancient pottery vase used for holding oils, and originally made from alabaster.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

Forms of alabastron

pluralalabastrons
pluralalabastra

Origin of alabastron

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρον (alábastron).

Questions about alabastron

What does alabastron mean?
Alabastron means a kind of ancient pottery vase used for holding oils, and originally made from alabaster.
What part of speech is alabastron?
Alabastron is a noun.
What is the plural of alabastron?
The plural of alabastron is alabastrons.

Words near alabastron in the dictionary

  1. alabastra
  2. alabastre
  3. alabastres
  4. alabastrian
  5. alabastrine
  6. alabastron
  7. alabastrons
  8. alabastrum
  9. alabastrums
  10. Alabat
  11. Alabay

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