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Ebony

/ˈɛb.ən.i/

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

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📖 Definitions of "Ebony"

noun

1
A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
2
A tree that yields such wood.
3
A deep, dark black colour.
4
A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument.

adjective

1
Made of ebony wood.
2
A deep, dark black colour.
3
Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans.

🔄 Synonyms of "Ebony"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
achromatic	(optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
colorless	US standard spelling of colourless. [Having little or no colour.]
ebonnoun	(poetic, literary) Black in colour.
coal blacknoun	Of an intensely black colour, like that of coal.
soot blacknoun	a very dark black
pitch black	Alternative form of pitch-black. [Very dark; without light.]
jet black	Alternative spelling of jet-black. [Pitch-black; of the blackest black.]
diospyros ebenum	Ceylon ebony or Diospyros ebenum (Kaluwara) (Tamil: கருங்காலி Karungaali), is a species of tree in the genus Diospyros and the family Ebenaceae.
sablenoun	(countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ebony"

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Word	Definition
ebonnoun	(now poetic) Ebony; an ebony tree.
jet black	Alternative spelling of jet-black. [Pitch-black; of the blackest black.]
coal blacknoun	A black colour, like that of coal; charcoal.
sablenoun	(countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
colorless	US standard spelling of colourless. [Having little or no colour.]
achromatic	(optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
pitch black	Alternative form of pitch-black. [Very dark; without light.]
diospyros ebenum	Ceylon ebony or Diospyros ebenum (Kaluwara) (Tamil: கருங்காலி Karungaali), is a species of tree in the genus Diospyros and the family Ebenaceae.
soot blacknoun	a very dark black
ravennoun	(countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven (Corvus corax).
blacknoun	(countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
omandernoun	The wood of Diospyros ebenum (syn. Diospyros ebenaster), a kind of ebony found in Ceylon.
blackwoodnoun	(countable) Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.
texas ebonynoun	(botany) An evergreen tree of Texas and Mexico, Ebenopsis ebano.
macassarnoun	A suburb of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
bloodwoodnoun	Any of various trees having red wood:
marblewoodnoun	The ebony Diospyros marmorata.
mahoganynoun	(uncountable) The valuable wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture.
bluewoodnoun	(uncountable) Wood of Haematoxylon campechianum.
everblacknoun	A desolate environment without any source of light, such as that found in deep space.