ebony.

1. A dense, very dark wood used for carving and fine furnishings.

2. Of a deep black resembling ebony wood.

3. A tree that yields the dense dark wood called ebony.

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Words that belong together

• ebony handle
• carved ebony

On the page

The ebony handle felt cool against her palm.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Wood and color nouns normally uncountable. Tree noun singular ebony; plural ebonies. Color adjective normally non-gradable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.