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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 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.
1. Any of various tropical Asian or African trees of the genus Diospyros. 2. The wood of such a tree, especially the hard black heartwood of D. ebenum or certain other species, used in cabinetwork and inlaying and for piano keys. 3. The hard dark wood of various other trees. 4. The color black; ebon. adj. 1. Made of or suggesting ebony. 2.
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 ]
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.
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. 2. any tree yielding such wood. 3. any of various similar woods or trees.
noun. 1 [mass noun] heavy blackish or very dark brown timber from a mainly tropical tree. Example sentences. 1.1 [mass noun] a very dark brown or black colour: his smile flashed against the ebony of his skin [as modifier] : her ebony brown locks. More example sentences Synonyms. 2 a tree of tropical and warm-temperate regions which produces ebony.
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.
