ebony
21ebony — ceiloninis juodmedis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Juodmedinių šeimos medieninis augalas (Diospyros ebenum), paplitęs Indijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Diospyros ebenum angl. Ceylon ebony; ebony; ebony persimmon vok. echter Ebenholzbaum isp.… …
22ebony — eb|o|ny1 [ˈebəni] n [U] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: ebenus, from Egyptian hbnj] a hard black wood ebony 2 ebony2 adj literary black ▪ her ebony hair …
23ebony — eb|on|y1 [ ebəni ] noun 1. ) count a tree with hard dark wood a ) uncount the wood of an ebony tree 2. ) uncount MAINLY LITERARY a dark black color eb|on|y2 [ ebəni ] adjective MAINLY LITERARY dark black in color: a starless ebony night …
24ebony — [ ɛb(ə)ni] noun 1》 heavy blackish or very dark brown wood from a tree of tropical and warm regions. 2》 the tree which produces ebony. [Diospyros ebenum (India and Sri Lanka) and other species.] 3》 a very dark brown or black colour. Origin ME:… …
25ebony — eb•on•y [[t]ˈɛb ə ni[/t]] n. pl. on•ies, adj. 1) fur a hard, heavy, durable, dark wood from tropical trees of the African and Asian genus Diospyros, of the ebony family, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc 2) fur pln any tree yielding… …
26ebony — n. & adj. n. (pl. ies) 1 a heavy hard dark wood used for furniture. 2 any of various trees of the genus Diospyros producing this. adj. 1 made of ebony. 2 black like ebony. Etymology: earlier hebeny f. (h)eben(e) = ebon, perh. after ivory …
27Ebony — noun from the noun ebony, of mostly African American usage since the mid twentieth century …
28ebony — adj. Ebony is used with these nouns: ↑skin …
29ebony — Synonyms and related words: acacia, ailanthus, alder, alligator pear, allspice, almond, apple, apricot, ash, aspen, atramentous, avocado, balsa, balsam, banyan, bass, basswood, bay, bayberry, beamless, beech, beechwood, betel palm, birch, black,… …
30ebony — [15] Ebony is ultimately of Semitic origin. The Greeks took it from some Middle Eastern source, perhaps Egyptian hbnj, and turned it into ébenos. This made its way via Latin ebenus, later ebanus, and Old French eban into English. At first English …
