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alabaster

/ˈæl.əˌbɑː.stə/

/ˈæl.əˌbæs.tɚ/

alabasternoun

alabasters

Translations

Medieval craftsmen fashioned delicate reliquaries from alabaster.

Les artisans médiévaux façonnaient de délicats reliquaires en albâtre.

Additional translations

albâtreCouleur pâle, blanche ou translucide.

Definitions

A fine-grained, translucent variety of gypsum or calcite that can be easily carved and is commonly used for ornaments and sculpture.

Medieval craftsmen fashioned delicate reliquaries from alabaster.

A pale, white, or translucent color resembling the material alabaster.

Her skin was as smooth and pale as alabaster.

Synonyms

alabasteradjective

/ˈæl.əˌbɑː.stə/

/ˈæl.əˌbæs.tɚ/

Translations

d'albâtreLittéraire ; s’emploie pour décrire une apparence pâle, lisse et translucide ou une matière faite d’albâtre.

Her alabaster skin seemed to glow under the moonlight.

Sa peau d'albâtre semblait briller sous la lumière de la lune.

Definitions

Having a smooth, pale, and translucent appearance, often resembling the mineral alabaster.

Her alabaster skin seemed to glow under the moonlight.

Made of the mineral alabaster.

An alabaster jar stood on the mantle.

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