alabaster

/ˈæl.əˌbæs.tɚ/

noun

  1. A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.

  2. A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.

  3. An off-white colour, like that of alabaster.

adjective

  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, translucent.

    "An ominous alabaster fog settled in the valley."