mahogany
(məhɒgəni )
uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun]
Mahogany is a dark reddish-brown wood that is used to make furniture.
...mahogany tables and chairs.
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Collocations:
dark mahogany polished mahogany
The legs here are finished in wenge stain - options include dark mahogany, maple, beech and cherry.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It wasn't that Grandmother liked gloom, but rather she found fun and games inside it, like toys stored in a dark mahogany cupboard.
PROSPECT HILL (2003)
His rambling eyes quickly alighted on the ring that sparkled on the bit of dark mahogany.
Daniel Deronda (1876)
The hall opens on to a stunning dining room lined with portraits and with a polished mahogany table ready for 12 diners.
Times, Sunday Times
He showered it with marbled corridors, gilded mosaics, glass domes and polished mahogany.
Times, Sunday Times
There's always someone who misses the coaster and puts their hot cup of coffee or cold drink on your polished mahogany table, leaving an ugly heat ring or water mark.
Times, Sunday Times
Can you imagine the result when the book lies on a blank polished mahogany table, or when it's inserted or taken out of the bookshelf.
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The drawing room displayed a mirror bordered with polished mahogany which was fitted with bronze and marble statues.
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Translations:
Chinese: 桃木
Japanese: マホガニー
- exhibition space
- exhibition venue
- exhibition visitor
- exhibitor
- exhibit shows
- exhibit signs
- exhibit space
- exhibit symptoms
- exhibit the ability to
- exhibit widely
- exhibit work
- exhilarated
- exhilarating
- exhilaration
- exhort
- exhortation
- exhumation
- exhume
- exhume a body
- exigency
- exile
- exist
- exist elsewhere
- existence
- existent