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Definitions for Ivory

[1] the hard white substance, a variety of dentin, composing the main part of the tusks of the elephant, walrus, etc.
[2] this substance when taken from a dead animal and used to make carvings, billiard balls, etc.
[3] some substance resembling this.
[4] an article made of this substance, as a carving or a billiard ball.
[5] a tusk, as of an elephant.
[6] dentin of any kind.
[7] Slang . a tooth, or the teeth.
[8] ivories, Slang . the keys of a piano or of a similar keyboard instrument. dice.
[9] Also called vegetable ivory. the hard endosperm of the ivory nut, used for ornamental purposes, for buttons, etc.
[10] a creamy or yellowish white.
[11] a smooth paper finish produced by coating with beeswax before calendering.
[12] consisting or made of ivory.
[13] of the color ivory.
[14] a hard smooth creamy white variety of dentine that makes up a major part of the tusks of elephants, walruses, and similar animals (as modifier ) ivory ornaments
[15] a tusk made of ivory
[16] a yellowish-white colour; cream (as adjective ) ivory shoes
[17] a substance resembling elephant tusk
[18] an ornament, etc, made of ivory
[19] black ivory obsolete Black slaves collectively
[20] James. born 1928, US film director. With the producer Ismael Merchant, his films include Shakespeare Wallah (1964), Heat and Dust (1983), A Room With a View (1986), and The Golden Bowl (2000)

Words related to Ivory

pearly, light, alabaster, argent, neutral, blond, sallow, white, pale, blonde, blanched, chalky, colorless, creamy, faded, fair-haired, milky, pallid, snowy

Words nearby Ivory

ivied, iviza, ivor, ivorian, ivories, ivory, ivory black, ivory coast, ivory exostosis, ivory gull, ivory nut

Origin of Ivory

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French ivurie < Latin eboreus (adj.), equivalent to ebor- (stem of ebur ) ivory + -eus adj. suffix; see -eous

Other words from Ivory

i·vo·ry·like , adjective

Word origin for Ivory

C13: from Old French ivurie, from Latin evoreus made of ivory, from ebur ivory; related to Greek elephas ivory, elephant

Synonyms for Ivory

alabaster, argent, blond, blonde, light, neutral, pale, pearly, sallow, white, blanched, bleached, chalky, colorless, creamy, faded, fair-haired, fair-skinned, flaxen-haired, milky, pale-faced, pallid, silvery, snowy, tow-haired, tow-headed, whitish