translucent whitish kind of gypsum used for vases, ornaments, and busts, late 14c., from Old French alabastre (12c., Modern French albâtre), from Latin alabaster "colored rock used to make boxes [..]

Alabaster [N] [S]occurs only in the New Testament in connection with the box of "ointment of spikenard very precious," with the contents of which a woman anointed the head of Jesus as he sat [..]

Alabaster is a soft white or translucent stone, it is a fine-grained marble-like variety of gypsum

n. A white or delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum.

from the Arabic al bastraton, a whitish stone or from Alabastron, the place in Egypt where it is found. It occurs only in (Matthew 26:7; Mark 14:3; Luke 7:37) The ancients considered alabaster to be t [..]

occurs only in the New Testament in connection with the box of "ointment of spikenard very precious," with the contents of which a woman anointed the head of Jesus as he sat at supper in the [..]

To dream of alabaster, foretells success in marriage and all legitimate affairs. To break an alabaster figure or vessel, denotes sorrow and repentence. For a young woman to lose an alabaster box containing incense, signifies that she will lose her lover or property through carelessness of her reputation.   

A fine grained, translucent variety of gypsum, generally white in color. May be cut and carved easily with a knife or saw. The term is often incorrectly applied to fine-grained marble.

A stone of great purity and whiteness, used for ornaments. So called from “Alabastron,” in Upper Egypt, where it abounds.

is mostly white in color, sometimes it will have just a "hint" of soft colors as well.. It is a very soft stone, 2 on a scale of 1-10 and is therefore used as an ornamental stone in [..]

Genuine alabaster is a very fine variety of crystalline gypsum (hydrous calcium sulfate) found in nature. It is translucent and its color is often white, pearly, or silky colorless but it, more often than not, has subtle reddish-brown bands of iron oxide running through it. It is often used for decorative objects such as light fixtures or figurines [..]

A type of Gypsum found in England and Italy. It is White or yellowish White translucent stone.

1. <chemical> 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 carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc. A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of colour; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by [..]

A soft, pure white, translucent gypsum or calcium sulfate hydrate that can easily be cut or carved. (Alabaster referenced by ancient civilizations was a hard stone of onyx marble.) Because of its deli [..]

A soft, pure white, translucent gypsum or calcium sulfate hydrate that can easily be cut or carved. (Alabaster referenced by ancient civilizations was a hard stone of onyx marble.) Because of its deli [..]

A soft stone that could be carved to make an effigy

A variety of hard calcite, translucent and sometimes banded

Generally translucent and white or grey in color, alabaster is a form of the mineral gypsum which can be polished to a smooth and waxy finish. Often used in sculpture, decorative stone panelling, bead [..]

soft, fine grained translucent stone: white or pastel coloured gypsum, often with streaks of deeper colour: breaks and scratches easily

A fine-grain, smooth, translucent form of gypsum. Usually carved into ornaments.

A gypsum stone indigenous to Spain, Italy, and the Northwest United States. It can be opaque, translucent, colored, or banded; a dense calcite. A medium-grade carving stone.

A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally. * c. '''1596''', William Shakespeare, ''[http://shakespeare.mit.edu/merchant/full.html The Merchant of Venice]'', Act I, [..]