Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun alabaster

3 senses of alabaster

Sense 1
alabaster -- (a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving)
       => gypsum -- (a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris))

Sense 2
alabaster, oriental alabaster, onyx marble, Mexican onyx -- (a hard compact kind of calcite)
       => calcite -- (a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone)

Sense 3
alabaster -- (a very light white)
       => white, whiteness -- (the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black))

Similarity of adj alabaster

1 sense of alabaster

Sense 1
alabaster, alabastrine -- (of or resembling alabaster; "alabaster statue")