| NOUN | substance | gypsum | a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters / plasters (especially plaster of Paris) |
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| Sounds | jhih'psahm | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| Meaning | A common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters / plasters (especially plaster of Paris). | |
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| Narrower | alabaster | A compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving |
| gesso | gypsum or plaster of Paris spread on a surface to make it suitable for painting or gilding (or a surface so prepared) | |
| terra alba | finely pulverized gypsum used especially as a pigment | |
| Broader | calcium sulphate, calcium sulfate | A white salt (CaSO4) |
| mineral | Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition | |
| Substance of | plaster of Paris, plaster | Any of several gypsum cements |
| Substances | calcium, Ca, atomic number 20 | A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light |
| Spanish | aljez, yeso | |
| Catalan | guix | |
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