[
US
/ˈɛbəni/
]
[ UK /ˈɛbəni/ ]
[ UK /ˈɛbəni/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- of a very dark black
NOUN
- tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
- a very dark black
- hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
How To Use ebony In A Sentence
- The serving table, attributed to Thomas Seymour, is topped by two extremely rare American knife cases that employ charred poplar to simulate ebony.
- The centrepiece of the pavilion was a grand piano designed by Ruhlmann and made from such exotic materials as amboyna wood and Macassar ebony.
- Many of the islands are mountainous and heavily forested with teak, ebony, and sandalwood.
- A block of ebony was climbing above the horizon, eclipsing the stars ahead.
- The bed itself was framed in dark ebony, its dusky twists spiraling towards the ceiling, while the rest of the room was swathed in black and shades of maroon and blood red.
- I promptly filled the sink with water and dunked my head in, letting my ebony locks flop messily to the sides of my face.
- Ebony could see a dark flicker of movement outside, and a moment later the door opened and a man walked into the room.
- In the first half of the eighteenth century ebony rosewood, and padouk were inlaid with floral designs ivory that was then engraved and highlighted with lac.
- Donna was probably the third most beautiful with her ebony black hair and dark, mysterious eyes.
- Once in a while the really dense woods, such as boxwood and ebony can fool me, and I really have to work hard to tell the difference between Madasgar and Honduras rosewood.