plural ebonies
1
: a hard heavy blackish wood yielded by various tropical chiefly southeast Asian trees (genus Diospyros of the family Ebenaceae, the ebony family)
2
a
: a tree yielding ebony
b
: any of several trees yielding wood like ebony
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Adjective
the ebony loudspeakers on their chrome stands look very sleek and modern
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Alexandra Kirkman, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2024
The exposed brick walls are in various shades of cinnamon and ebony.
—Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
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Noun
The morning after avoiding the hippo charge, our group embarked on a four-hour sojourn to Remote Africa’s Big Lagoon Camp, surrounded by ebony forest on the Luangwa River’s west bank.
—Alexandra Kirkman, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2024
The exposed brick walls are in various shades of cinnamon and ebony.
—Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Ebony.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ebony. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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ebony
1 of 2 noun
eb·o·ny
ˈeb-ə-nē 
plural ebonies
1
: a hard heavy blackish wood of various tropical chiefly southeast Asian trees related to the persimmon
2
: a tree that produces ebony
ebony
2 of 2 adjective1
: made of or resembling ebony
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