alabaster.

1. A soft, fine-textured stone, usually pale, used for carving.

2. Very pale and smooth in appearance, like alabaster.

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Words that belong together

• alabaster vessel
• carved alabaster

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Light passed faintly through the alabaster vessel.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Material noun normally uncountable; plural alabasters only for types or carved objects when needed. Adjective normally non-gradable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.