Ebony

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various tropical Asian or African trees of the genus Diospyros.
  • n. 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.
  • n. The hard dark wood of various other trees.
  • n. The color black; ebon.
  • adj. Made of or suggesting ebony.
  • adj. Black in color.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A hard, heavy, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
  • n. A tree that yields such wood.
  • n. A deep, dark black colour.
  • n. A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument
  • adj. Made of ebony wood.
  • adj. A deep, dark black colour.
  • adj. Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green.
  • adj. Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A name given to various woods distinguished in general by their dark color and hardness, and extensively used for carving, ornamental cabinet-work, instruments, canes, etc.
  • Of ebony; made of ebony, or like ebony: as, an ebony cane; an ebony finish.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of a very dark black
  • n. tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
  • n. a very dark black
  • n. hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
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