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.
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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. a hard compact kind of calcite
2. a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving
3. a very light white
4. of or resembling alabaster
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.