IVORY
Dictionary entry overview: What does ivory mean?
• IVORY (noun)
The noun IVORY has 2 senses:
1. a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
2. a shade of white the color of bleached bones
Familiarity information: IVORY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• IVORY (noun)
Meaning:
A hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
ivory; tusk
Hypernyms ("ivory" is a kind of...):
dentin; dentine (a calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth)
Holonyms ("ivory" is a substance of...):
tusk (a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog)
Meaning:
A shade of white the color of bleached bones
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
off-white; ivory; pearl; bone
Hypernyms ("ivory" is a kind of...):
white; whiteness (the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black))
