alabaster

1. 1.

   of or resembling alabaster

   “alabaster statue”

   Synonymsalabastrine

Other forms of alabaster

plural

alabasters·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about alabaster

What does alabaster mean?

alabaster means "a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in alabaster?

alabaster has 4 syllables: al-a-bas-ter. The stress falls on "al". In IPA it is /ˈæləˌbæstɚ/.

What is another word for alabaster?

Close synonyms include oriental alabaster, onyx marble, Mexican onyx, alabastrine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alabaster a common word?

alabaster is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.