ebony
A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
Other meanings
A tree that yields such wood.
A deep, dark black colour.
Synonyms
- coal black
- jet black
- pitch black
- soot black
Related words
- Ceylon ebony
- macassar ebony
- mun ebony
- ebonist
- ebonize
- ebony bug
- ebonylike
- green ebony
- India ebony
- Jamaican ebony
- ebony boghaunter
- Samoan ebony
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ἔβενος".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “ebony” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.