ivory
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- noun
- /ˈaɪvəri/
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- Valuable imports travelled along this route, such as silk, spices, ivory, gemstones and even thoroughbred horses.
- ivory carvings
- carved ivory
- ivory carvers
One of the sailors carves a a beautiful bone or ivory dolphin for her.
- One of the sailors carves a a beautiful bone or ivory dolphin for her.
- For years and years and years they were exporting mammoth tusks, ivory, right?
- Only half notice Vonage wood, more or less polished brass, silver and ivory.
- Most of the end result is coming from Chinese buyers where publicly the government is saying no more ivory trade or no more whatever trade.
- Since you went French Hornet ivory harvesting machine.
Examples
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He carved beautiful figures from ivory and wood.
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All right, today only, I include a nailbrush with a solid ivory top.
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These pieces are made of elephant ivory, which probably also came from India.
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When Chloe saw Emma, she closed the inlaid ivory lid of the music box and smiled.
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Milady stands before a mirror, reaches for one of the many ivory combs that adorn her hair.
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This is the earliest known depiction of the Crucifixion... carved on an ivory box in Gaul about A.D. 400.
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Sunlight permeated through, infusing the temple's marble and ivory statues with a golden glow.
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The artist used a delicate piece of ivory to carve intricate designs on the figurine.
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She inherited an antique comb made of ivory that belonged to her grandmother.
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The museum displayed a beautiful sculpture crafted from ivory and adorned with gemstones.
Synonyms
A hard white seed from some South American palms that people use to make buttons and small carved objects
Antonyms
Compounds
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A large black and white bird with an ivory colored bill that is very rare and may be extinct
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A rare expensive coffee made from beans elephants eat and then pass in their droppings with a smooth, strong taste
A South American palm tree with no visible trunk that produces hard white nuts used for carving
A white sea bird that lives in the Arctic and sometimes moves south to places like England or New Brunswick
A South American palm without a stem that makes hard white nuts used like elephant tusks
A hard white seed from some South American palms that people use to make buttons and small carved objects
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Etymology
The word ivory comes from an old Latin word ebur, which meant 'elephant tusk' or the hard white material from it, so ivory still names that creamy, strong substance used for carving and making objects.