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Ebony
01
an intensely dark black color
Grammatical Information
animacy status
inanimate
Composition
Simple
uncountable
Examples
The piano keys were polished a deep ebony.
02
a tropical tree of southern Asia with very dark heartwood, valued for furniture
Examples
The forest was filled with tall ebony trees.
03
the hard dark heartwood of the ebony tree, used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
Examples
The piano 's black keys were made of polished ebony.
Lexical Tree
ebonize
ebony
