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ivory

noun

1 ivory

A hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses.

synonym: tusk.

Roget 430: whiteness etc. adj.; argent.    albification, etiolation; lactescence.    snow, paper, chalk, milk, lily, ivory, alabaster; ... show more

Dutch: elpenbeen, ivoor
Polish: kość słoniowa

2 ivory

A shade of white the color of bleached bones.

synonyms: bone, off-white, pearl.

Dutch: gebroken wit
Polish: perłowość


Moby thesaurus: alabaster, alabastrine, albescent, billiard table, bones, bowling alley, bowling green, chalk, cream, creamy, cubes, dice, driven snow, dun-white, eggshell, fair, flat, fleece, flour, foam ... show more.

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ivories

Moby thesaurus: alveolar ridge, bird cage, bones, bridgework, choir, claviature, console, crap game, crap shooting, craps, crooked dice, cubes, dental bridge, dentition, denture, dice, die, echo, eighty-eight, false teeth ... show more.

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