Meaning & use
ebony
A hard, heavy, very dark or black wood from certain tropical trees, or the deep black color it resembles.
See it in a sentence
The piano's keys were trimmed with polished ebony from an old workshop.
Her hair was described as ebony, dark and glossy under the stage lights.
A note on using this word
Ebony can name the wood itself or, informally, describe anything of a deep, glossy black color.
Words with a similar meaning
jet black
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Words with an opposite meaning
Another way to use it
2. adjective
Of a very deep, glossy black color.
The car's ebony paint gleamed under the showroom lights.
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