{"def":{"short":"properly, an \"alabaster\" box, i.e., (by extension) a perfume vase (of any material)","long":["a box made of alabaster in which unguents are preserved"]},"deriv":"neuter of ἀλάβαστρος (of uncertain derivation), the name of a stone","pronun":{"ipa":"ɑˈlɑ.βɑ.stron","ipa_mod":"ɑˈlɑ.vɑ.strown","sbl":"alabastron","dic":"ah-LA-va-strone","dic_mod":"ah-LA-va-strone"}}