Associations to the word «Ebony»

Pictures for the word «Ebony»

Wiktionary

EBONY, noun. A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
EBONY, noun. A tree that yields such wood.
EBONY, noun. A deep, dark black colour.
EBONY, noun. (slang) A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument
EBONY, adjective. Made of ebony wood.
EBONY, adjective. A deep, dark black colour.
EBONY, adjective. Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans
EBONY, proper noun. A female given name.
EBONY SPLEENWORT, noun. Asplenium platyneuron

Dictionary definition

EBONY, noun. A very dark black.
EBONY, noun. Hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys.
EBONY, noun. Tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork.
EBONY, adjective. Of a very dark black.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats