Definition of ebony in English:

ebony

noun ˈɛb(ə)niˈɛbəni

1mass noun Heavy blackish or very dark brown timber from a mainly tropical tree.
Example sentencesExamples
- Special attention was given to the altar screen, which is made using an extremely complicated technique of thin and delicately carved ivory, ebony and mahogany plates.
- Its paleness escapes looking bland thanks to contrasting inlays of ebony, walnut and amboyna, a wood distinguished by bird's eye curls.
- He also incorporated decorative details such as string inlays of contrasting woods, usually holly and ebony.
- Recorders are made from hardwoods such as maple, rosewood, or ebony as well as the plastic versions.
- Carved vines snaked their way up the posts, twining round the dark ebony.
- The Indian furniture was usually of ebony, padouk, or rosewood with the floral borders and motifs either inlaid or engraved on ivory veneer.
- One of the main features is the red ebony solid timber in the staircase and ground flooring.
- The grain-painted case imitates mahogany and ebony inlay, and the face is decorated with Masonic imagery.
- Before she left, she was given an array of presents from former students, including an ebony carving of a Masai family.
- 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.
- Castings with a pedestal of ebony or mahogany add grandeur to the commission.
- A young, auburn-haired woman sat in an ebony rocking chair.
- It is usually much less ambitious and is most frequently found in small self-contained panels set within veneers of walnut, olive, or ebony.
- The ebony veneered case was probably made by one of the other Flemish artisans active in Rome in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
- The table they had set up was dark ebony with rather comfy chairs surrounding it.
- He was truthfully longing to sit in the King's throne, a large ornate thing, ebony and mahogany edged with gold and silver.
- The serving table, attributed to Thomas Seymour, is topped by two extremely rare American knife cases that employ charred poplar to simulate ebony.
- During Victorian times, the use of more exotic timbers like mahogany and ebony became popular, meaning trees were exported from Africa, Asia and the Americas.
- Fingering the silver skull on the top of his ebony walking stick, he waited.
- 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.
1. 1.1mass noun A very dark brown or black colour.
  as modifier his ebony hair
  Example sentencesExamples
  One of them had ebony black skin and a pierced ear.
  One creature looked sort of elfish, except for its darker dark navy color that was almost ebony.
  He was standing on the front step, his emerald green eyes once again veiled by his curtain of ebony black hair.
  She remembered the way he looked when she'd first met him-like a dark God, his ebony body tall and strong, hard and sweaty.
  Donna was probably the third most beautiful with her ebony black hair and dark, mysterious eyes.
  I'm that student with the blonde hair and stunning ebony black eyes.
  Strangely though, the child has ebony black hair… darker than his mother's.
  Her ebony black hair was loose on her shoulders and I noticed that she wore no make up.
  The walls were stained with dark colors like crimson and ebony.
  Jonathan strode in, his black cloak swirling around him, his dark ebony hair disheveled by the wind.
  Most of their hair is dyed ebony black along with their fingernails.
  A cape was draped upon his broad shoulders, a dark shade of ebony as well, in a circle around him reaching mid back and joined in the front by a large red jewel set in silver.
  She was a beauty at Nineteen with long black ebony hair, with silver high light that flowed down the center of her back stopping with a neat trim at her waist.
  His eyes were blue and shone through a shock of thick ebony black hair.
  The dark brown colour of his eyes matched his ebony hair.
  It really stood out because of her ebony coloured hair.
  An elf entered the room - a tall elf in a robe of ebony with jet raven hair and black eyes appearing darker than even the room had felt.
  With his bright blue sapphire eyes and ebony black spiked hair he stunned the school's female population, excluding Amanda and her friends.
  Even though all that could be seen of him was his light brown cloak, black scarf and icy ebony hair, the people staring at him had their shoulders tensed in hostility.
  Blue eyeshadow painted her eyelids while dark ebony traced her closed eyes.
  Synonyms
  black, jet-black, pitch-black, coal-black, ink-black, black as night, black as pitch, sable, inky, sooty, raven, dark
  literary ebon
2A tree of tropical and warm-temperate regions which produces ebony.
Genera Diospyros and Euclea, family Ebenaceae: numerous species, in particular D. ebenum
Example sentencesExamples
- Many of the islands are mountainous and heavily forested with teak, ebony, and sandalwood.
1. 2.1 Used in names of trees of other families which produce timber similar to ebony, e.g. Jamaican (or American) ebony.

Origin

Late Middle English: from earlier ebon (via Old French and Latin from Greek ebenos 'ebony tree'), perhaps on the pattern of ivory.

Definition of ebony in US English:

ebony

nounˈɛbəniˈebənē

1Heavy blackish or very dark brown timber from a mainly tropical tree.
Example sentencesExamples
- Before she left, she was given an array of presents from former students, including an ebony carving of a Masai family.
- Its paleness escapes looking bland thanks to contrasting inlays of ebony, walnut and amboyna, a wood distinguished by bird's eye curls.
- The grain-painted case imitates mahogany and ebony inlay, and the face is decorated with Masonic imagery.
- 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.
- Castings with a pedestal of ebony or mahogany add grandeur to the commission.
- Fingering the silver skull on the top of his ebony walking stick, he waited.
- The table they had set up was dark ebony with rather comfy chairs surrounding it.
- He was truthfully longing to sit in the King's throne, a large ornate thing, ebony and mahogany edged with gold and silver.
- The ebony veneered case was probably made by one of the other Flemish artisans active in Rome in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
- During Victorian times, the use of more exotic timbers like mahogany and ebony became popular, meaning trees were exported from Africa, Asia and the Americas.
- The serving table, attributed to Thomas Seymour, is topped by two extremely rare American knife cases that employ charred poplar to simulate ebony.
- Carved vines snaked their way up the posts, twining round the dark ebony.
- He also incorporated decorative details such as string inlays of contrasting woods, usually holly and ebony.
- The Indian furniture was usually of ebony, padouk, or rosewood with the floral borders and motifs either inlaid or engraved on ivory veneer.
- 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.
- Recorders are made from hardwoods such as maple, rosewood, or ebony as well as the plastic versions.
- One of the main features is the red ebony solid timber in the staircase and ground flooring.
- It is usually much less ambitious and is most frequently found in small self-contained panels set within veneers of walnut, olive, or ebony.
- Special attention was given to the altar screen, which is made using an extremely complicated technique of thin and delicately carved ivory, ebony and mahogany plates.
- A young, auburn-haired woman sat in an ebony rocking chair.
1. 1.1 A very dark brown or black color.
  as modifier his ebony hair
  his smile flashed against the ebony of his skin
  Example sentencesExamples
  She remembered the way he looked when she'd first met him-like a dark God, his ebony body tall and strong, hard and sweaty.
  She was a beauty at Nineteen with long black ebony hair, with silver high light that flowed down the center of her back stopping with a neat trim at her waist.
  With his bright blue sapphire eyes and ebony black spiked hair he stunned the school's female population, excluding Amanda and her friends.
  One creature looked sort of elfish, except for its darker dark navy color that was almost ebony.
  Strangely though, the child has ebony black hair… darker than his mother's.
  One of them had ebony black skin and a pierced ear.
  The walls were stained with dark colors like crimson and ebony.
  Most of their hair is dyed ebony black along with their fingernails.
  A cape was draped upon his broad shoulders, a dark shade of ebony as well, in a circle around him reaching mid back and joined in the front by a large red jewel set in silver.
  Jonathan strode in, his black cloak swirling around him, his dark ebony hair disheveled by the wind.
  Her ebony black hair was loose on her shoulders and I noticed that she wore no make up.
  It really stood out because of her ebony coloured hair.
  The dark brown colour of his eyes matched his ebony hair.
  Donna was probably the third most beautiful with her ebony black hair and dark, mysterious eyes.
  Blue eyeshadow painted her eyelids while dark ebony traced her closed eyes.
  His eyes were blue and shone through a shock of thick ebony black hair.
  I'm that student with the blonde hair and stunning ebony black eyes.
  An elf entered the room - a tall elf in a robe of ebony with jet raven hair and black eyes appearing darker than even the room had felt.
  Even though all that could be seen of him was his light brown cloak, black scarf and icy ebony hair, the people staring at him had their shoulders tensed in hostility.
  He was standing on the front step, his emerald green eyes once again veiled by his curtain of ebony black hair.
  Synonyms
  black, jet-black, pitch-black, coal-black, ink-black, black as night, black as pitch, sable, inky, sooty, raven, dark
2A tree of tropical and warm-temperate regions which produces ebony.
Genera Diospyros and Euclea, family Ebenaceae: numerous species, in particular D. ebenum
Example sentencesExamples
- Many of the islands are mountainous and heavily forested with teak, ebony, and sandalwood.
1. 2.1 Used in names of trees of other families that produce similar timber, e.g., Jamaican (or American) ebony.

Origin

Late Middle English: from earlier ebon (via Old French and Latin from Greek ebenos ‘ebony tree’), perhaps on the pattern of ivory.

单词	ebony
释义	Definition of ebony in English: ebony noun ˈɛb(ə)niˈɛbəni 1mass noun Heavy blackish or very dark brown timber from a mainly tropical tree. Example sentencesExamples Special attention was given to the altar screen, which is made using an extremely complicated technique of thin and delicately carved ivory, ebony and mahogany plates. Its paleness escapes looking bland thanks to contrasting inlays of ebony, walnut and amboyna, a wood distinguished by bird's eye curls. He also incorporated decorative details such as string inlays of contrasting woods, usually holly and ebony. Recorders are made from hardwoods such as maple, rosewood, or ebony as well as the plastic versions. Carved vines snaked their way up the posts, twining round the dark ebony. The Indian furniture was usually of ebony, padouk, or rosewood with the floral borders and motifs either inlaid or engraved on ivory veneer. One of the main features is the red ebony solid timber in the staircase and ground flooring. The grain-painted case imitates mahogany and ebony inlay, and the face is decorated with Masonic imagery. Before she left, she was given an array of presents from former students, including an ebony carving of a Masai family. 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. Castings with a pedestal of ebony or mahogany add grandeur to the commission. A young, auburn-haired woman sat in an ebony rocking chair. It is usually much less ambitious and is most frequently found in small self-contained panels set within veneers of walnut, olive, or ebony. The ebony veneered case was probably made by one of the other Flemish artisans active in Rome in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The table they had set up was dark ebony with rather comfy chairs surrounding it. He was truthfully longing to sit in the King's throne, a large ornate thing, ebony and mahogany edged with gold and silver. The serving table, attributed to Thomas Seymour, is topped by two extremely rare American knife cases that employ charred poplar to simulate ebony. During Victorian times, the use of more exotic timbers like mahogany and ebony became popular, meaning trees were exported from Africa, Asia and the Americas. Fingering the silver skull on the top of his ebony walking stick, he waited. 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. 1.1mass noun A very dark brown or black colour. as modifier his ebony hair Example sentencesExamples One of them had ebony black skin and a pierced ear. One creature looked sort of elfish, except for its darker dark navy color that was almost ebony. He was standing on the front step, his emerald green eyes once again veiled by his curtain of ebony black hair. She remembered the way he looked when she'd first met him-like a dark God, his ebony body tall and strong, hard and sweaty. Donna was probably the third most beautiful with her ebony black hair and dark, mysterious eyes. I'm that student with the blonde hair and stunning ebony black eyes. Strangely though, the child has ebony black hair… darker than his mother's. Her ebony black hair was loose on her shoulders and I noticed that she wore no make up. The walls were stained with dark colors like crimson and ebony. Jonathan strode in, his black cloak swirling around him, his dark ebony hair disheveled by the wind. Most of their hair is dyed ebony black along with their fingernails. A cape was draped upon his broad shoulders, a dark shade of ebony as well, in a circle around him reaching mid back and joined in the front by a large red jewel set in silver. She was a beauty at Nineteen with long black ebony hair, with silver high light that flowed down the center of her back stopping with a neat trim at her waist. His eyes were blue and shone through a shock of thick ebony black hair. The dark brown colour of his eyes matched his ebony hair. It really stood out because of her ebony coloured hair. An elf entered the room - a tall elf in a robe of ebony with jet raven hair and black eyes appearing darker than even the room had felt. With his bright blue sapphire eyes and ebony black spiked hair he stunned the school's female population, excluding Amanda and her friends. Even though all that could be seen of him was his light brown cloak, black scarf and icy ebony hair, the people staring at him had their shoulders tensed in hostility. Blue eyeshadow painted her eyelids while dark ebony traced her closed eyes. Synonyms black, jet-black, pitch-black, coal-black, ink-black, black as night, black as pitch, sable, inky, sooty, raven, dark literary ebon 2A tree of tropical and warm-temperate regions which produces ebony. Genera Diospyros and Euclea, family Ebenaceae: numerous species, in particular D. ebenum Example sentencesExamples Many of the islands are mountainous and heavily forested with teak, ebony, and sandalwood. 2.1 Used in names of trees of other families which produce timber similar to ebony, e.g. Jamaican (or American) ebony. Origin Late Middle English: from earlier ebon (via Old French and Latin from Greek ebenos 'ebony tree'), perhaps on the pattern of ivory. Definition of ebony in US English: ebony nounˈɛbəniˈebənē 1Heavy blackish or very dark brown timber from a mainly tropical tree. Example sentencesExamples Before she left, she was given an array of presents from former students, including an ebony carving of a Masai family. Its paleness escapes looking bland thanks to contrasting inlays of ebony, walnut and amboyna, a wood distinguished by bird's eye curls. The grain-painted case imitates mahogany and ebony inlay, and the face is decorated with Masonic imagery. 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. Castings with a pedestal of ebony or mahogany add grandeur to the commission. Fingering the silver skull on the top of his ebony walking stick, he waited. The table they had set up was dark ebony with rather comfy chairs surrounding it. He was truthfully longing to sit in the King's throne, a large ornate thing, ebony and mahogany edged with gold and silver. The ebony veneered case was probably made by one of the other Flemish artisans active in Rome in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. During Victorian times, the use of more exotic timbers like mahogany and ebony became popular, meaning trees were exported from Africa, Asia and the Americas. The serving table, attributed to Thomas Seymour, is topped by two extremely rare American knife cases that employ charred poplar to simulate ebony. Carved vines snaked their way up the posts, twining round the dark ebony. He also incorporated decorative details such as string inlays of contrasting woods, usually holly and ebony. The Indian furniture was usually of ebony, padouk, or rosewood with the floral borders and motifs either inlaid or engraved on ivory veneer. 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. Recorders are made from hardwoods such as maple, rosewood, or ebony as well as the plastic versions. One of the main features is the red ebony solid timber in the staircase and ground flooring. It is usually much less ambitious and is most frequently found in small self-contained panels set within veneers of walnut, olive, or ebony. Special attention was given to the altar screen, which is made using an extremely complicated technique of thin and delicately carved ivory, ebony and mahogany plates. A young, auburn-haired woman sat in an ebony rocking chair. 1.1 A very dark brown or black color. as modifier his ebony hair his smile flashed against the ebony of his skin Example sentencesExamples She remembered the way he looked when she'd first met him-like a dark God, his ebony body tall and strong, hard and sweaty. She was a beauty at Nineteen with long black ebony hair, with silver high light that flowed down the center of her back stopping with a neat trim at her waist. With his bright blue sapphire eyes and ebony black spiked hair he stunned the school's female population, excluding Amanda and her friends. One creature looked sort of elfish, except for its darker dark navy color that was almost ebony. Strangely though, the child has ebony black hair… darker than his mother's. One of them had ebony black skin and a pierced ear. The walls were stained with dark colors like crimson and ebony. Most of their hair is dyed ebony black along with their fingernails. A cape was draped upon his broad shoulders, a dark shade of ebony as well, in a circle around him reaching mid back and joined in the front by a large red jewel set in silver. Jonathan strode in, his black cloak swirling around him, his dark ebony hair disheveled by the wind. Her ebony black hair was loose on her shoulders and I noticed that she wore no make up. It really stood out because of her ebony coloured hair. The dark brown colour of his eyes matched his ebony hair. Donna was probably the third most beautiful with her ebony black hair and dark, mysterious eyes. Blue eyeshadow painted her eyelids while dark ebony traced her closed eyes. His eyes were blue and shone through a shock of thick ebony black hair. I'm that student with the blonde hair and stunning ebony black eyes. An elf entered the room - a tall elf in a robe of ebony with jet raven hair and black eyes appearing darker than even the room had felt. Even though all that could be seen of him was his light brown cloak, black scarf and icy ebony hair, the people staring at him had their shoulders tensed in hostility. He was standing on the front step, his emerald green eyes once again veiled by his curtain of ebony black hair. Synonyms black, jet-black, pitch-black, coal-black, ink-black, black as night, black as pitch, sable, inky, sooty, raven, dark 2A tree of tropical and warm-temperate regions which produces ebony. Genera Diospyros and Euclea, family Ebenaceae: numerous species, in particular D. ebenum Example sentencesExamples Many of the islands are mountainous and heavily forested with teak, ebony, and sandalwood. 2.1 Used in names of trees of other families that produce similar timber, e.g., Jamaican (or American) ebony. Origin Late Middle English: from earlier ebon (via Old French and Latin from Greek ebenos ‘ebony tree’), perhaps on the pattern of ivory.
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