ivory

1. (uncountable)The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.

   a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses

2. (countable, uncountable)A creamy white color, the color of ivory.

   a shade of white the color of bleached bones

3. (countable, uncountable)Something made from or resembling ivory.

4. (collective, countable, plural, singular, uncountable)The teeth.

5. (collective, countable, plural, singular, uncountable)The keys of a piano; or, the white keys, as opposed to the black keys (ebonies).

   to tickle the ivories

6. (countable, ethnic, slang, slur, uncountable)A white person.

7. (countable, informal, uncountable)A die (object bearing numbers, thrown in games of chance).

1. He carved designs in ivory.

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2. Elephants were killed for their ivory.

   ruСлонов убивали из-за их бивней.

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3. This towel has an ivory color.

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4. Elephant tusks are made of ivory.

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5. Elephant tusks are made out of ivory.

   ruСлоновьи бивни сделаны из слоновой кости.

   deDie Stoßzähne eines Elefanten bestehen aus Elfenbein.

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