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Definition of ebony - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
materialhard dense black wood from tropical trees
- The sculpture was carved from ebony.
2.
colorsdeep dark black color
- Her dress was a stunning shade of ebony.
3.
planttree that produces hard black wood
- The ebony in the garden is over a century old.
4.
musicblack key on a piano or keyboard
- He played a melody using only the ebony keys.
Adjective
1.
colorhaving a deep, dark black color
- She wore an elegant ebony dress to the gala.
2.
materialmade from very dark tropical hardwood
- The ebony table shone under the bright lights..
Images of ebony
hard dense black wood from tropical trees 
deep dark black color
Expressions with ebony
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extremely black like ebony wood
Her hair was black as ebony.
fern with dark, shiny black stalks found in temperate regions
The ebony spleenwort grows in shady, temperate forests.
Origin of ebony
Greek, ebenos (ebony wood)
Terms with ebony included in their meaning
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material
made of ebony wood
wood treatment
give wood the color or texture of ebony
appearance
made to look like ebony
color
extremely black like ebony wood
Examples of ebony in a sentence
Her collection included a rare piece of ebony. The artist used ebony to paint the night sky. The car's interior was upholstered in ebony. An ebony shades the courtyard. The old ebony survived the storm. She practiced scales on the ebony keys for hours.
The pianist's fingers danced over the ebony during the concert. The ebony sky was dotted with stars. Her ebony hair shone in the sunlight. The ebony frame complemented the painting. He admired the ebony finish on the guitar.
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- French:ébène, d'ébène, ...
- German:Ebenholz, schwarz, ...
- Italian:ebano, di ebano, ...
- Spanish:ébano, de ébano, ...
- Portuguese:ébano, escuro, ...
- Chinese:乌木, 乌黑的, ...
- Japanese:黒檀, 漆黒の, ...
- Arabic:أَبَنُوس, أَبْنَوسِيّ, ...
- Hebrew:עֵץ אָבוֹנִי, שָׁחוֹר עָמוֹק, ...
- Russian:эбеновое дерево, черный, ...
- Ukrainian:ебен, чорний, ...
- Hindi:आबनूस, काला, ...
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