ebony

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/ˈɛb.ən.i/

noun 5adj 3name 2

Collocations

ADJ.

black, deep, deep, right

She ran her fingers across the deep ebony wood of the antique piano.

VERB + EBONY

back, called, edging, made, past

The craftsman made ebony inlays for the antique piano's keys.

EBONY + NOUN

hue, legs, mistress, tree

She ran her fingers along the ebony tree's smooth bark in the botanical garden.

PREP.

except, with

She polished the antique table with ebony wood until it gleamed in the sunlight.

Definitions

noun

A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.

A tree that yields such wood.

“You live up the road past the ebony tree, right?” he asked, looking past me.

A deep, dark black colour.

Near-synonyms: onyx, raven

Dark skin colour.

At dawn the hunters were off. There were fifty sleek, black warriors, and in their midst, lithe and active as a young forest god, strode Tarzan of the Apes, his brown skin contrasting oddly with the ebony of his companions. Except for color he was one of them.

A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument (as opposed to ivory).

Ebony and ivory / Live together in perfect harmony / Side by side on my piano keyboard / Oh lord, why don't we?

Tony had gone into the storage room and gotten two more standing lamps, one placed near the ebonies and ivories.

adj

Made of ebony wood.

A deep, dark black colour.

Near-synonyms: onyx, raven

Seats are trimmed in a grey and blue moquette and tables are finished with grey Vyanide tops, gilt edging and ebony legs.

Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans.

He called the ebony mistress of the establishment to him, and speaking to her kindly and winningly, as any dutiful husband should, told her to make the change, which she did.

No attempt was made in her new home to discontinue or even to conceal the presence of an ebony mistress and a thriving family of little mulattoes...

name

A female given name from English.

A stereotypical African-American woman.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a very dark black

sable

adjective — of a very dark black

ebon

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

“You live up the road past the ebony tree, right?” he asked, looking past me.

Wiktionary

Near-synonyms: onyx, raven

Wiktionary

Near-synonyms: onyx, raven

Wiktionary

Seats are trimmed in a grey and blue moquette and tables are finished with grey Vyanide tops, gilt edging and ebony legs.

Wiktionary

He called the ebony mistress of the establishment to him, and speaking to her kindly and winningly, as any dutiful husband should, told her to make the change, which she did.

Wiktionary

Usage Notes

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In some senses, ebony is marked as derogatory. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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