ebony
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- noun
- /ˈɛbəni/
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ébano
- I opened a cabinet of thickly grimed, unshining ebony and retrieved a shining goblet and a gleaming carafe with a cut-glass stopper.
- ivory and ebony
Examples
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"Maybe teak or ebony or something like that."
Fiction book (1993) -
It was in this apartment also that there stood against the western wall a gigantic clock of ebony.
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The other was a simple ebony stick with a round silver head.
Fiction book (1993) -
In all likelihood, he'll have in his hands an ebony cane that is the very twin of this one.
Fiction book (1995) -
On a huge table of granite balanced a giant scale made of ebony and silver.
Fiction book (1993) -
Lot 368, an inlaid ebony writing desk.
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The staff she carried in her right hand was a cubit and a half of ebony, bound and ornamented with silver wire.
Fiction book (2002) -
The ebony rest with silver ends derives from a commission Saidi received from a Japanese embassy official.
Academic text (2006) -
"Extending beyond the borders of gender, she too" moves with short stiff steps, leaning on an ebony stick" (Three Novels 57).
Academic text (2017) -
The artisan crafted a beautiful chair entirely out of ebony wood, showcasing its rich color and smooth finish.
Synonyms
A very hard, almost black wood that people use for fine furniture and musical instruments
A very dark, dense wood used for furniture and musical instruments
A small Asian tree with hard dark wood and pink or white orchid-like flowers
Compounds
A small fern with shiny black stems and delicate green leaves that grows on rocky, shaded ground
A very hard, almost black wood that people use for fine furniture and musical instruments
- Indian
A small Asian tree with hard dark wood and pink or white orchid-like flowers
How Hard
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ebony comes from an old Greek word ebenos that named a heavy, hard wood prized for furniture and musical instruments because of its deep black heartwood. So, ebony as a material means that dark, very hard wood used for carving and piano keys.