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- Dictionaryebony/ˈɛbəni/
noun
- 1. heavy blackish or very dark brown timber from a mainly tropical tree.
- 2. a tree of tropical and warm-temperate regions which produces ebony.
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The meaning of EBONY is a hard heavy blackish wood yielded by various tropical chiefly southeast Asian trees (genus Diospyros of the family Ebenaceae, the ebony family). How to use ebony in a sentence.
EBONY definition: 1. a very hard dark wood of a tropical tree, used especially for making furniture: 2. one of…. Learn more.
a very hard dark wood of a tropical tree, used especially for making furniture: He started buying exotic woods such as ebony and rosewood from Mexico. The handles of medical instruments used to be made of ebony. Compare. jet black. coal black. Chonticha Vatpongpee/EyeEm/GettyImages. [ C or U ]
a hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, as D. ebenum of southern India and Sri Lanka, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc. any tree yielding such wood.
Ebony is a very dark black color, or a south Asian tropical tree with hard, dark-colored heartwood. Black piano keys and black chess pieces are often made with ebony.
Definition of ebony noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, as D. ebenum of southern India and Sri Lanka, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc
What does the word ebony mean? There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the word ebony, one of which is considered offensive. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. ebony has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. woodworking (Middle English) plants (late 1500s) See meaning & use.
a hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, as D. ebenum of southern India and Sri Lanka, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc.
noun [ U ] uk / ˈeb ə ni / us. Add to word list. hard, black wood. (Definition of ebony from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of ebony. in Chinese (Traditional) 木材, （尤指用於製造傢俱的）烏木，黑檀, 黑的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 木材, （尤指用于制造家具的）乌木，黑檀, 黑的… See more. in Spanish. ébano, color ébano, de ébano…
