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alabaster
adjective as in smooth and white
Example Sentences
The exterior is covered in hieroglyphs and translucent alabaster cut into triangles with a pyramid shaped entrance.
The infamous “waxworks” scene captures silent-era figures like Buster Keaton playing cards, their faces pure funereal alabaster.
Artefacts, including fragments of alabaster jars which bore the inscriptions of the names of Thutmose II and Hatshepsut, provided definitive evidence.
The king stares intently into an eternal distance through composite orbs fashioned from alabaster and glass, rendered in varying degrees of clarity, transparency and opacity.
"There were fluted columns in African marble, alabaster columns, and stucco ornamentation decorated with gold leaf."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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