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ebony

/ˈɛb.ən.i/

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What does ebony mean?

noun

  1. A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
  2. A tree that yields such wood.
  3. A deep, dark black colour.
More meanings (7)

noun

  1. Dark skin colour.
  2. A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument (as opposed to ivory).

adjective

  1. Made of ebony wood.
  2. A deep, dark black colour.
  3. Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans.

proper noun

  1. A female given name from English.
  2. (derogatory) A stereotypical African-American woman.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɛb.ən.i/

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Simultaneously my free hand shot out for the black throat, just within reach, and the ebony finger tightened on the trigger.
Edgar Rice BurroughsThe gods of MarsProject Gutenberg ebook #64
To an eye above them their two faces would have appeared amid the expanse like two pearls on a table of ebony.
Thomas HardyThe Return of the NativeProject Gutenberg ebook #122
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There, outlined as black as an ebony statue on that shining back-ground, I saw the figure of a man upon the tor.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Hound of the BaskervillesProject Gutenberg ebook #3070
High pieces of furniture, of black violet ebony inlaid with brass, supported upon their wide shelves a great number of books uniformly bound.
Jules VerneTwenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #164
Marcus continued, holding his hat and his cane--the black wand of ebony with the gold top presented to him by the “Improvement Club.”
Frank NorrisMcTeague: A Story of San FranciscoProject Gutenberg ebook #165