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US
/məˈhɑɡəni/
]
[ UK /məhˈɒɡəni/ ]
[ UK /məhˈɒɡəni/ ]
NOUN
- wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture
- a shade of brown with a tinge of red
- 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
How To Use mahogany In A Sentence
- Gone was the staid decor and mahogany wood typical of the menswear shops on Shaftesbury Avenue. Times, Sunday Times
- Appearance: bubblier than Perkuno's Hammer; a deep mahogany with substantial, but wispy tan head Archive 2008-02-01
- No logs are exported but about 70% of mahogany leaves Fiji in the relatively unprocessed form of rough sawn timber.
- The lower portions of the bookcase doors have panels of crotch mahogany set within cross-grained and mitred satinwood surrounds.
- The walls were a dark rose, the carpet was a dark charcoal color, and the dresser was a deep mahogany.
- The bath was enormous, shiny white and surrounded by a wide shelf of polished mahogany.
- The distinctive open fretwork pediment of the mahogany case is associated with clocks made in or near Roxbury, Massachusetts, in the Federal period.
- Standing beside him is a muscular, uniformed old salt with a face the colour of mahogany. Times, Sunday Times
- You want serious caramelization -- not dark mahogany, as in for Indian food, but definitely brown. Caribbean Black Bean Soup with Roasted Garlic
- These include exotic ylang ylang, jasmine, turmeric, ginger, allspice, cinnamon, curry leaf, water lilies, mahogany trees, avocados, wax apples, and five varieties of mango.
