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# alabaster

«alabaster» in Mova's school dictionary: **a smooth, pale, shiny white stone, often carved into…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (alabaster, no plural in use)

### meaning for a pupil

Alabaster is a smooth, pale, shiny white stone, often carved into statues and vases. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alabaster/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy castles, statues and ornaments made of this smooth white stone

### examples

- The statue was carved from white alabaster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alabaster/#x1)
- The castle was decorated with alabaster statues. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alabaster/#x2)
- Her skin looked as smooth as alabaster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alabaster/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «alabaster» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alabaster/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.