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Definitions for Ebony

[1] a hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, as D. ebenum of southern India and Sri Lanka, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc.
[2] any tree yielding such wood.
[3] any of various similar woods or trees.
[4] a deep, lustrous black.
[5] Also ebon. made of ebony.
[6] of a deep, lustrous black.
[7] any of various tropical and subtropical trees of the genus Diospyros, esp D. ebenum of S India, that have hard dark wood: family Ebenaceae See also persimmon
[8] the wood of such a tree, much used for cabinetwork
[9] a black colour, sometimes with a dark olive tinge (as adjective ) an ebony skin

Words related to Ebony

wood, jet, raven, inky

Words nearby Ebony

ebonics, ebonist, ebonite, ebonize, ebonji, ebony, ebony spleenwort, ebor., eboracum, ebracteate, ebrd

Origin of Ebony

1590–1600; earlier hebeny; see ebon; -y perhaps after ivory

Word origin for Ebony

C16 hebeny , from Late Latin ebeninus from Greek ebeninos, from ebenos ebony, of Egyptian origin

Synonyms for Ebony

jet, raven, wood, inky