First Known Use: 1597
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1ebony
noun eb·o·ny \ˈe-bə-nē\
: a hard, heavy wood that comes from tropical trees
plural eb·o·nies
Full Definition of EBONY
1
: a hard heavy blackish wood yielded by various tropical chiefly southeast Asian trees (genus Diospyros of the family Ebenaceae, the ebony family)
2
a : a tree yielding ebony b : any of several trees yielding wood like ebony
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Origin of EBONY
probably from Late Latin hebeninus of ebony, from Greek ebeninos, from ebenos ebony, from Egyptian hbnj
2ebony
adjective
: made of or resembling ebony
: very dark or black
Full Definition of EBONY
1
: made of or resembling ebony
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First Known Use of EBONY
1597
Related to EBONY
- Synonyms
- black, pitch-black, pitch-dark, pitchy, raven, sable
- Antonyms
- white
EBONY Defined for Kids
1ebony
noun eb·o·ny \ˈe-bə-nē\
plural eb·o·nies
Definition of EBONY for Kids
: a hard heavy blackish wood that comes from tropical trees
2ebony
adjective
Definition of EBONY for Kids
1
: made of or like ebony <an ebony table>
2
: very dark or black
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