ebony

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noun

eb·o·ny ˈe-bə-nē

plural ebonies

: a hard heavy blackish wood yielded by various tropical chiefly southeast Asian trees (genus Diospyros of the family Ebenaceae, the ebony family)

: a tree yielding ebony

: any of several trees yielding wood like ebony

ebony

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adjective

: made of or resembling ebony

: black, dark

Example Sentences

Adjective the ebony loudspeakers on their chrome stands look very sleek and modern

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Noun

The team stained the pumpkin pine floors a deep ebony, then layered on a plush wool pile rug with small black dots from Moroccan Etsy vendor Berber Living.

Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022 Most have architectural structures and mahogany- to ebony-color bark.

Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2022 Stella Falone cutting board Butter and charcuterie board aficionados as well as any cook who prefers a wooden cutting surface will appreciate an ebony cutting board from Stella Falone.

Times Food Staff, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022 The interior features open-pore carbon fiber finishers, ebony leather upholstery and exclusive sunset gold satin detailing across the dashboard, steering wheel, gear shift paddles and seats, which are both heated and cooled.

Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 1 June 2022 The house’s most eye-catching design feature is also its most basic—Mullally and Ingham refreshed the walls with a coat of bright-white paint and refinished the floors with an ebony stain for contrast.

ELLE Decor, 21 Oct. 2022 Meanwhile, the saloon’s ebony and oak floors—built by the queen’s cabinetmaker—lay in pieces in the attic like a jigsaw puzzle.

Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2022 Bieber's nails are shaped into a classic oval with an equally classic long length and shellacked with the ebony color, further accented by her delicate hand and finger tattoos.

Kara Nesvig, Allure, 3 Oct. 2022 The sergeant-of-arms of the House of Representatives has an 1849 mace composed of 13 ebony rods topped with a silver eagle astride a globe.

John Kelly, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2022

Adjective

Prada just sent models down the runway at Milan Fashion Week wearing super long, ebony black false lashes that completely covered their eyes.

Kara Nesvig, Allure, 23 Sep. 2022 The kitchen provides granite counters, a glass tile backsplash, Sub-Zero refrigerator, Dacor gas cooktop, double ovens and ebony maple cabinets.

Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2020 Meanwhile, the Black Cat Incident, as it was dubbed, became another chapter in the Cubs' long-running history of misery, with the ebony feline—a notorious symbol of bad luck, of course—blamed for jinxing the team.

Paul Lukas, SI.com, 6 Sep. 2019 Calder would take a break from sculptures and mobiles to craft a silver milk skimmer with a spiderweb design or an ebony toilet paper holder shaped like a hand.

Jennie Yabroff, Town & Country, 20 Oct. 2017 The white-walled living room features ebony wood floors and a wall fireplace.

Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com, 15 July 2017 Today brunettes, redheads, and ebony-haired beauties all lay claim to their place in the sun.

Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2014 That's owing to the fact that 10 Roam is Odin's first incense fragrance, with smokey base notes rooted in resin, but also coconut milk and ebony wood.

Jonathan Evans, Esquire, 3 May 2013 Brick arches, ebony-paneled walls and murals of drinking monks.

Anya Yurchyshyn, Esquire, 8 Sep. 2008 See More

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