Synonyms for ebony

Grammar : Adj

Spell : eb-uh-nee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛb ə ni

Définition of ebony

Origin : 1590s, from hebenyf (late 14c.), perhaps a Middle English misreading of Latin hebeninus "of ebony," from Greek ebeninos, from ebenos "ebony," probably from Egyptian hbnj or another Semitic source. Figurative use to suggest intense blackness is from 1620s. As an adjective, from 1590s. French ébène, Old High German ebenus (German Ebenholz) are from Latin ebenus.

adj black

Example sentences :

In other words, though carved in ebony, he also was in the image of God.
Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams

He was looking at a faded picture in an ebony frame which hung by the side of the bed.
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

The sleepers of the Monterey and Mexican Gulf railway are nearly all of ebony.
Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou

Their panels of ebony were decorated with bronze applications in the centre.
Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad

One suit was inlaid with enamel, black as ebony, and the other with red gold.
Extract from : « If You Touch Them They Vanish » by Gouverneur Morris

He extended an ebony hand, which Robin solemnly shook and returned to his work.
Extract from : « The Right Stuff » by Ian Hay

As the bark weathered from ebony to rusty olive, chameleon-like, he changed with it.
Extract from : « "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" » by Douglas English

He rested his hands on their shoulders, where their ebony fur was frosted with gray.
Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin

The fair Georgian jostled the ebony form of the merchant of Dongola or Sennaar.
Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli

Ebony is water-soaked in the island of Mauritius as soon as cut.
Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes

Antonyms for ebony

white

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