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ebony

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eb·on·y  (b-n)
n. pl. eb·on·ies
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. Black in color.

[Probably from Middle English hebenyf, ebony wood, from alteration of Late Latin hebeninus, of ebony, from Greek ebeninos, from ebenos, ebony tree, from Egyptian hbny.]

ebony
Noun
a very hard dark-coloured wood used to make furniture etc.
Adjective
very deep black [Greek ebenos]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ebonyebony - a very dark black                    
black, blackness, inkiness - the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
2.ebony - hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
Diospyros ebenum, ebony tree, ebony - tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
3.ebonyebony - tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
Diospyros, genus Diospyros - a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood
ebony - hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
Adj.1.ebony - of a very dark black
achromatic, neutral - having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"

ebony
Translations
ebony [ˈɛbənɪ] nébano

ebony [ˈɛbənɪ] nébène f

ebony [ˈɛbənɪ] nEbenholz nt

ebony [ˈɛbənɪ] nebano

ebony [ˈebəni]
1  noun, adjective (of) a type of wood, usually black and almost as heavy and hard as stone.
2  adjective black as ebony.


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Then she gazed thoughtfully upon the red drops that sprinkled the white snow, and said, 'Would that my little daughter may be as white as that snow, as red as that blood, and as black as this ebony windowframe
She floated again from out the light and into the gloom (which deepened momently) and again her shadow fell from her into the ebony water, and became absorbed into its blackness.
And as those who came up before her throne greeted her, so she pointed now with the wand of ivory in her right hand, and now with the wand of ebony in her left hand.
 
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