Associations to the word «Alabaster»

Wiktionary

ALABASTER, noun. A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.
ALABASTER, noun. (historical) A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.
ALABASTER, adjective. Made of alabaster
ALABASTER, adjective. Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent.

Dictionary definition

ALABASTER, noun. A compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving.
ALABASTER, noun. A hard compact kind of calcite.
ALABASTER, noun. A very light white.
ALABASTER, adjective. Of or resembling alabaster; "alabaster statue".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats