'Ebony' definitions:
Definition of 'ebony'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of a very dark black [syn: ebon, ebony]
noun
noun
Hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
noun
Tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork [syn: ebony, ebony tree, Diospyros ebenum]
Definition of 'Ebony'
From: GCIDE
- Ebony \Eb"on*y\, a. Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony countenance. [1913 Webster]
- This ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling. --Poe. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ebony'
From: GCIDE
- Ebony \Eb"on*y\, n.; pl. Ebonies. [F. ['e]b[`e]ne, L. ebenus, fr. Gr. ?; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobn[imac]m, pl. Cf. Ebon.] A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The finest black ebony is the heartwood of {Diospyros reticulata}, of the Mauritius. Other species of the same genus (D. Ebenum, Melanoxylon, etc.), furnish the ebony of the East Indies and Ceylon. The West Indian green ebony is from a leguminous tree ({Brya Ebenus}), and from the Exc[ae]caria glandulosa. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'ebony'
From: Easton
- Ebony a black, hard wood, brought by the merchants from India to Tyre (Ezek. 27:15). It is the heart-wood, brought by Diospyros ebenus, which grows in Ceylon and Southern India.
Synonyms of 'ebony'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acacia,
- ailanthus,
- alder,
- alligator pear,
- allspice,
- almond,
- apple,
- apricot,
- ash,
- aspen,
- atramentous,
- avocado,
- balsa,
- balsam,
- banyan,
- bass,
- basswood,
- bay,
- bayberry,
- beamless,
- beech,
- beechwood,
- betel palm,
- birch,
- black,
- black as coal,
- black as ebony,
- black as ink,
- black as midnight,
- black as night,
- black race,
- blackness,
- buckeye,
- burl,
- butternut,
- buttonwood,
- cacao,
- caliginous,
- candleberry,
- cashew,
- cassia,
- catalpa,
- charcoal,
- cherry,
- chestnut,
- chinquapin,
- cinnamon,
- citron,
- clove,
- coal,
- coal-black,
- coaly,
- coconut,
- cork,
- cork oak,
- crow,
- cypress,
- dark,
- dark as night,
- dark as pitch,
- darkling,
- darkness,
- darksome,
- deep black,
- dogwood,
- ebon,
- eclipsed,
- elder,
- elm,
- eucalyptus,
- fig,
- fir,
- frankincense,
- grapefruit,
- guava,
- gum,
- gumwood,
- hawthorn,
- hazel,
- hemlock,
- henna,
- hickory,
- holly,
- hop tree,
- horse chestnut,
- ink,
- ink-black,
- inkiness,
- inky,
- ironwood,
- jet,
- jetty,
- juniper,
- kumquat,
- laburnum,
- lancewood,
- larch,
- laurel,
- lemon,
- lime,
- linden,
- litchi,
- litchi nut,
- locust,
- logwood,
- magnolia,
- mahogany,
- mango,
- mangrove,
- maple,
- medlar,
- melanism,
- midnight,
- mountain ash,
- mulberry,
- night,
- night-black,
- night-clad,
- night-cloaked,
- night-dark,
- night-enshrouded,
- night-filled,
- night-mantled,
- night-veiled,
- nigrescence,
- nigritude,
- nigrous,
- nutmeg,
- oak,
- obfuscated,
- obscure,
- obscured,
- occulted,
- olive,
- orange,
- palm,
- papaw,
- papaya,
- peach,
- pear,
- pecan,
- persimmon,
- pine,
- pistachio,
- pitch,
- pitch-black,
- pitch-dark,
- pitchy,
- plane,
- plum,
- pomegranate,
- poplar,
- quince,
- raffia palm,
- rain tree,
- raven,
- raven-black,
- rayless,
- redwood,
- sable,
- sandalwood,
- sassafras,
- senna,
- sequoia,
- sloe,
- sloe-black,
- sloe-colored,
- smoke,
- smut,
- soot,
- spruce,
- starless,
- sumac,
- sunless,
- sycamore,
- tangerine,
- tar,
- tar-black,
- tarry,
- teak,
- tenebrious,
- tenebrose,
- tenebrous,
- tulip tree,
- unilluminated,
- unlighted,
- unlit,
- walnut,
- willow,
- witch hazel,
- yew