Meaning

6 senses
  1. (error lua exec, uncountable)The valuable wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture.

    wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture

  2. (countable, error lua exec)Any of the trees from which such wood comes.

  3. (countable, error lua exec)(by extension) Any of various kinds of trees, the timber of which resembles that of trees the genus Swietenia.

    Mahagonibaum

    кра́сное де́ревоkrásnoje dérevo, махаго́ниевое де́ревоmaxagónijevoje dérevo, акажу́akažú

    any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish

  4. (countable, error lua exec, regional, uncountable)A Cornish drink made from gin and treacle.

  5. (countable, error lua exec, uncountable)A reddish-brown color, like that of mahogany wood.

  6. (colloquial, countable, error lua exec, obsolete, uncountable)A table made from mahogany wood; a dining table.

    Mahagoni

    кра́сное де́ревоkrásnoje dérevo, махаго́ниmaxagóni

Examples

14 sentences
  1. I have an old mahogany desk.

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  2. Tom has some very nice mahogany furniture.

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  3. This is probably mahogany.

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  4. Tom has a mahogany desk.

    ruУ Тома рабочий стол красного дерева.

    deTom hat einen Mahagonischreibtisch.

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  5. Yanni has a big mahogany table.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
tree:
wood:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
tree:
wood:

Origin

A word of unknown origin, concocted in either English or Middle Dutch from one or more exo

A word of unknown origin, concocted in either English or Middle Dutch from one or more exotic phytonyms and common European words.

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