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ebony

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɛbəni/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈɛbəni/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(eb′ə nē)

Inflections of 'ebony' (n): npl: ebonies

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
eb•on•y /ˈɛbəni/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -on•ies, adj. 
n. 
  1. Furniture[uncountable] a hard, heavy, strong, dark wood from tropical Africa and Asia.
  2. Furniture, Plant Biology[countable] any tree providing such wood.
  3. [uncountable] a deep, lustrous black.

adj. 
  1. Furnituremade of ebony.
  2. of a deep, lustrous black.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
eb•on•y  (eb′ə nē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -on•ies, adj. 
n. 
  1. Furniturea hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, as D. ebenum of southern India and Sri Lanka, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc.
  2. Furniture, Plant Biologyany tree yielding such wood.
  3. Furniture, Plant Biologyany of various similar woods or trees.
  4. a deep, lustrous black.

adj. 
  1. FurnitureAlso, ebon. made of ebony.
  2. of a deep, lustrous black.
  • 1590–1600; earlier hebeny; see ebon; -y perh. after ivory

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ebony /ˈɛbənɪ/ n ( pl -onies)
  1. any of various tropical and subtropical trees of the genus Diospyros, esp D. ebenum of S India, that have hard dark wood: family Ebenaceae
  2. the wood of such a tree, much used for cabinetwork
    • a black colour, sometimes with a dark olive tinge
    • (as adjective): ebony hair
Etymology: 16th Century hebeny, from Late Latin ebeninus from Greek ebeninos, from ebenos ebony, of Egyptian origin
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