Ebony in English dictionary

  • ebony

    Meanings and definitions of "Ebony"

    • A hard, heavy, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
    • A tree that yields such wood.
    • A deep, dark black colour.
    • ebony colour:
    • Made of ebony wood.
    • Dark-skinned; black.
    • adjective
      Made of ebony wood.
    • adjective
      A deep, dark black colour.
    • adjective
      Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans
    • noun
      A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
    • noun
      A tree that yields such wood.
    • noun
      A deep, dark black colour.
    • noun
      (slang)
      A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument
    • A deep, lustrous black.
    • Black in color.
    • Any of various tropical Asian or African trees of the genus Diospyros.
    • Made of or suggesting ebony.
    • A type of wood, usually black and almost as heavy and hard as stone.
    • wood
    • tree
    • colour
    • made of ebony wood
    • deep, dark black colour
    • adjective
      of a very dark black
    • noun
      a very dark black
    • noun
      hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
    • noun
      tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork

    Synonyms of "Ebony" in English dictionary

    wood, inkiness, blackness are the top synonyms of "Ebony" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Ebony

    • ebony ( plural  ebonies)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza ebony, lm  liczba mnoga ebonies
    • ebony ( comparative more ebony, superlative most ebony)
    • ebony (comparative more ebony, superlative most ebony)
    • ebony (usually uncountable, plural ebonies)
  • Ebony

    Meanings and definitions of "Ebony"

    • A female given name from the noun ebony, of mostly African-American usage since the mid-twentieth century.
    • proper
      A female given name.
    • female given name meaning "ebony"

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