ebony
A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially…A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
» The cat's fur shimmered with a deep ebony hue.
Meaning
5 senses(uncountable, usually)A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
(countable, usually)A tree that yields such wood.
Ebenholz
чёрное де́ревоčórnoje dérevo, эбе́новое де́ревоebénovoje dérevo, эбе́нebén
ебе́нове деревоebénove derevo, геба́нhebán
(countable, uncountable, usually)A deep, dark black colour.
Near-synonyms: onyx, raven
a very dark black
(uncountable, usually)Dark skin colour.
Ebenholz
чёрный цветčórnyj cvet
(countable, usually)A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument (as opposed to ivory).
Examples
4 sentencesThe cat's fur shimmered with a deep ebony hue.
Her eyes were as black as ebony and as deep as the sea.
The organ of this cathedral is made of ebony, except the pipes of course.
The unicorn's horn is ebony.
Translations
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Forms
plural: eboniesSynonyms
9 synonyms- tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork:ebony treeDiospyros ebenum
- a very dark black:coal blackjet blackpitch blacksablesoot black
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable