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alabaster

/ˈæl.əˌbæs.tɚ/ noun C2
  1. A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally. (uncountable)
  2. A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded. (uncountable)
  3. A sculpture executed in alabaster. (uncountable)
  4. An off-white color, like that of alabaster. (uncountable)

Plural alabasters

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Her hair was pure gold rippling back from her alabaster brow.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 22 · C1
What is an alabaster brow?
Anne of Green Gables, p. 22 · C1
Geraldine had an alabaster brow too.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 204 · C1
I’ve found out what an alabaster brow is.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 204 · C1

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