English-Finnish translations for alabaster

• alabasteri
• alabasteri-
• alabasterinen

Definition of alabaster

• A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally
• A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded
• Made of alabaster
• Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent

Examples

• The crown is stored in an alabaster box with an onyx handle and a gold lock.
• An ominous alabaster fog settled in the valley.

Related words

• alabastrine
• alabastron
• alabaster coloured