ebony as a noun: - 1
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as an adjective: - 1
ebony
noun
1 ebony
2 ebony
Hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys.
Roget 431:
blackness,
etc.
adj.;
darkness,
etc.
(want of light)..
421;
swartliness†,
lividity,
dark color,
tone,
color;
chiaroscuro
etc.
420.
nigrification†,
infuscation†.
jet,
ink,
ebony,
coal pitch,
soot,
charcoal,
sloe,
smut,
raven,
crow.
[derogatory terms for black-skinned people]
negro,
blackamoor,
man of color,
nigger,
darkie,
Ethiop,
black;
buck,
nigger [U.S.];
coon [U.S.],
sambo.
[Pigments]
lampblack,
ivory black,
blueblack;
writing ink,
printing ink,
printer's ink,
Indian ink,
India ink.
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Dutch: ebbehout, ebben, ebbenhout
Polish: heban
3 ebony
Tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork.
synonyms: Diospyros ebenum, ebony tree.
Dutch: ebben
Polish: heban, drzewo hebanowe, hurma hebanowa, hebanek heban
adjective
1 ebony
Of a very dark black.
synonym: ebon.
Polish: hebanowy
verb
Roget 431:
be black
etc.
adj.;
render black
etc.
adj..
blacken,
infuscate†,
denigrate;
blot,
blotch;
smutch†;
smirch;
darken
etc.
421.
black,
sable,
swarthy,
somber,
dark,
inky,
ebony,
ebon,
atramentous†,
jetty;
coal-black,
jet-black;
fuliginous†,
pitchy,
sooty,
swart,
dusky,
dingy,
murky,
Ethiopic;
low-toned,
low in tone;
of the deepest dye.
black as jet
etc.
n.,
black as my hat,
black as a shoe,
black as a tinker's pot,
black as November,
black as thunder,
black as midnight;
nocturnal
etc.
(dark)
421;
nigrescent†;
gray
etc.
432;
obscure
etc.
421.
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