mahogany

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plants, Coloursmahoganyma‧hog‧a‧ny /məˈhɒɡəni $ məˈhɑː-/ noun (plural mahoganies) 1 [countable, uncountable]TIHBP a type of hard reddish brown wood used for making furniture, or the tree that produces this wood2 [uncountable]CC a dark, reddish brown colour —mahogany adjectiveExamples from the Corpusmahogany• She's a beauty; a forty-foot ketch built of mahogany on oak.• Across a wide expanse of mahogany sat a man in his fifties.• The strip of mahogany has the grain running lengthwise.• His new passenger carriages were also impressive, with polished mahogany bodies.• Popular, privately owned century-old hotel, awash with oriental rugs, rich mahogany, walnut panelling and other Victoriana.• Rose, watching him across the shining mahogany table, guessed what he was wondering.• I used mahogany, but other woods may be preferable.Origin mahogany (1600-1700) Early Spanish mahogani, perhaps from a Mayan language

单词	mahogany
释义	mahogany From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plants, Coloursmahoganyma‧hog‧a‧ny /məˈhɒɡəni $ məˈhɑː-/ noun (plural mahoganies) 1 [countable, uncountable]TIHBP a type of hard reddish brown wood used for making furniture, or the tree that produces this wood2 [uncountable]CC a dark, reddish brown colour —mahogany adjectiveExamples from the Corpusmahogany• She's a beauty; a forty-foot ketch built of mahogany on oak.• Across a wide expanse of mahogany sat a man in his fifties.• The strip of mahogany has the grain running lengthwise.• His new passenger carriages were also impressive, with polished mahogany bodies.• Popular, privately owned century-old hotel, awash with oriental rugs, rich mahogany, walnut panelling and other Victoriana.• Rose, watching him across the shining mahogany table, guessed what he was wondering.• I used mahogany, but other woods may be preferable.Origin mahogany (1600-1700) Early Spanish mahogani, perhaps from a Mayan language
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