EBONY
Dictionary entry overview: What does ebony mean?
• EBONY (noun)
The noun EBONY has 3 senses:
1. a very dark black
2. hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
3. tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
Familiarity information: EBONY used as a noun is uncommon.
• EBONY (adjective)
The adjective EBONY has 1 sense:
1. of a very dark black
Familiarity information: EBONY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EBONY (noun)
Meaning:
A very dark black
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
coal black; ebony; jet black; pitch black; soot black; sable
Hypernyms ("ebony" is a kind of...):
black; blackness; inkiness (the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white))
Meaning:
Hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("ebony" is a kind of...):
wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)
Holonyms ("ebony" is a substance of...):
Diospyros ebenum; ebony; ebony tree (tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork)
Meaning:
Tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
ebony tree; Diospyros ebenum; ebony
Hypernyms ("ebony" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Meronyms (substance of "ebony"):
ebony (hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys)
Holonyms ("ebony" is a member of...):
Diospyros; genus Diospyros (a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood)
• EBONY (adjective)
Meaning:
Of a very dark black
Synonyms:
ebon; ebony
Similar:
achromatic (having no hue)
