alabaster
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- noun
- /ˈæl.əˌbæs.tɚ/
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color alabastro
- She'd been a beauty in her youth, with sky-blue eyes, high cheekbones, and alabaster skin.
- alabaster skin
- alabaster face
- alabaster complexion
Examples
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Long blonde curly hair that cascades in ringlets to her shoulders, languid blue eyes, and skin as white as alabaster.
Fiction book (1993) -
A beautiful woman with alabaster skin, and the eyes of a dove.
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Pearl taught me how to do it, and I must say, my skin looks like alabaster.
Fiction book (2000) -
Your hands are surely the most alabaster hands I've ever seen.
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His skin looked translucent, not unlike alabaster.
Fiction book (1991) -
Venus is not only in a statue like pose, but she has alabaster skin.
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Her flawless, pale skin was as smooth as alabaster, and her eyes could melt any heart.
Blog text (19) -
Her complexion was the most marvelous alabaster, pure and transparent as a baby's skin.
Fiction book (1991) -
Her complexion was the most marvelous alabaster, pure and transparent as a baby's skin.
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A beautiful woman with alabaster skin and the eyes of a dove.
Synonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A hard stone used for carving and decoration that looks slightly see-through
How Pale
Surface Forms
Etymology
Alabaster as a color comes from the pale stone alabaster, whose smooth surface looks 'pale and slightly glowing'; people began using the stone's look to name a very light white. So calling a color alabaster means it has that soft, pale whiteness.