alabaster

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İngilizce - Türkçe
albatr
kaymaktaşı
su mermeri
kaymaktaşi
(Mimarlık) kaymaktaşı, sumermeri kaymaktaşından
çok beyaz
alabaster (ince-daneli, renksiz jips)
su mermerinden yapılan
kaymak taş
Oriental alabaster Bektaşi taşı
kaymaktaşından yapılan
kaymak taşı
İngilizce - İngilizce
Made of alabaster

The crown is stored in an alabaster box with an onyx handle and a gold lock.

Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent

An ominous alabaster fog settled in the valley.

A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally
A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded
a white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum
{n} a soft white marble
a hard compact kind of calcite
a very light white
A fine textured gypsum; usually white or light shaded, and translucent
A building material; often used for columns
Variety of gypsum All crystals can de identified by Form and Habit and Lustre and Colour The gypsum family can be identified by Form and Habit as wedge-shaped or prismatic, and by Lustre and Colour as pearly, resinous, or vitreous, white or colourless Alabaster can be used to energise other crystals It stimulates meditation promoting the integration of soul with self It is a stone that aids in achieving forgiveness by transmuting negative feelings It can be used in the treatment of heart conditions
Variety of fine-textured gypsum, usually white and translucent Carved into decorative objects
a compact fine-textured usually white gypsum used for carving
a type of soft usually white stone that looks like marble It is often carved to make ornaments
[n] A fine-grained variety of gypsum, often white and translucent
Usually used for carved ornaments, this is a fine-grained gypsum
Compact, fine-grained gypsum, white or shaded Used for ornamental vessels, figures, and other carving
a very light white a compact fine-textured usually white gypsum used for carving a hard compact kind of calcite
A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite
It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc
The name is used in this sense by Pliny
so called from the stone of which it was originally made
Alabaster is a white stone that is used for making statues, vases, and ornaments. Fine-grained gypsum that has been used for centuries for statuary, carvings, and other ornaments. It normally is snow-white and translucent but can be artificially dyed; it may be made opaque and similar in appearance to marble by heat treatment. Florence, Livorno, Milan, and Berlin are important centres of the alabaster trade. The alabaster of the ancients was a brown or yellow onyx marble
A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc
A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray
It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster
{i} pale translucent stone often used to create ornamental objects
alabaster

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    al·a·bas·ter

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    älıbästır

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    /ˈaləˌbastər/ /ˈæləˌbæstɜr/

    Etimoloji

    [ 'a-l&-"bas-t&r ] (noun.) 14th century. From Old French alabastre Latin alabaster (“box for perfume made of alabaster”) Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alabastros) ἀλάβαστος (alabastos, “vase made of alabaster”). This may further derive from the ancient Egyptian word a-labaste (vessel of the Egyptian goddess Bast) .