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ebony

[eb-uh-nee] / ˈɛb ə ni /
ADJECTIVE
black
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Account names include terms such as "black", "noir", "dark" and "ebony".

From BBC Mar. 21, 2026

Christie's had dubbed the box, decorated with ebony, as "the most important scientific instrument ever offered at auction" and it had been expected to fetch 2-3 million euros.

From Barron's Nov. 19, 2025

Far, far away in the vastness of deep space, an ebony spaceship awaits.

From New York Times Feb. 21, 2024

The editor who came to see him told her colleagues, he recalled, that she had just discovered “a tall, ebony young man with the most inspirational fashions.”

From Seattle Times Jul. 2, 2023

There were headdresses and veils, corsets with daggers concealed in the stays, elaborate capes, and teetering tall shoes carved of ebony and coral.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Well-known trees such as magnolias are among the most threatened, with oaks, maple and ebonies also at risk.

From BBC Oct. 28, 2024

Oak trees, maple trees and ebonies also face threats, the report said.

From Reuters Sep. 1, 2021

The final space features seven sculptures, carved from Texan and Gabon ebonies.

From New York Times Jul. 29, 2021

Instead of the laurel-leaved trees of various kinds, we have African ebonies, acacias, and mimosae: the grass is shorter and more sparse, and we can move along without wood-cutting.

From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Waller, Horace

Soon the husband returned with the little girl and boy, and four young ebonies, all bare-headed, and dressed alike, in thick trousers, and a loose linsey shirt.

From Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time by Gilmore, James R.




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