alabaster
Kelime Anlamı :
1. albatr.
2. alabaster (ince-daneli, renksiz jips).
3. Oriental alabaster Bektaşi taşı.
4. kaymaktaşı.
5. kaymaktaşından yapılan.
6. su mermerinden yapılan.
7. su mermeri.
8. kaymak taşı.
9. kaymak taş.
10. kaymaktaşı, sumermeri kaymaktaşından.
Tanımlar :
1.
A dense translucent, white or tinted fine-grained gypsum.
2. A variety of hard calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.
3. A pale yellowish pink to yellowish gray.
2. A variety of hard calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.
3. A pale yellowish pink to yellowish gray.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.
2. A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.
3. made of alabaster
4. resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent.
2. A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.
3. made of alabaster
4. resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
A box, casket, or vase made of alabaster. see alabastrum.
2. A marble-like mineral of which there are two well-known varieties, the gypseous and the calcareous.
3. made of alabaster, or resembling it: as, “an alabaster column,” addison, travels in italy.
2. A marble-like mineral of which there are two well-known varieties, the gypseous and the calcareous.
3. made of alabaster, or resembling it: as, “an alabaster column,” addison, travels in italy.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia