Ivory definition
The hard, smooth, yellowish-white substance forming the teeth and tusks of certain animals, such as the tusks of elephants and walruses and the teeth of certain whales. Ivory is composed of dentin.
(music) Piano keys.
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(games) Dice.
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(slang) The teeth.
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(slang) Things resembling or suggesting ivory.
- Piano keys.
- Teeth.
- Dice.
- Billiard balls.
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Dentin in any form.
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Any substance like ivory in appearance, use, etc.
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Something made from or resembling ivory.
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(slang) A white person.
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Made of ivory.
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Resembling or having the colour of ivory.
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Composed or constructed of ivory.
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A substance resembling ivory.
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A pale or grayish yellow to yellowish white.
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A hard, smooth, yellowish-white substance composed primarily of dentin that forms the tusks of the elephant.
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A similar substance forming the tusks or teeth of certain other mammals, such as the walrus.
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The hard, white substance, a form of dentin, that makes up the tusks of elephants, walruses, etc.
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The color of ivory; creamy white.
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A tusk of an elephant, walrus, etc.
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Creamy-white.
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A tusk, especially an elephant's tusk.
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An article made of ivory.
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Of a pale or grayish yellow to yellowish white.
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Things made of ivory.
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Of, made of, or like ivory.
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tickle the ivories
- to play the piano
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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of ivory
- Middle English ivorie from Old French ivoire, ivurie from Latin eboreus of ivory from ebur ebor- ivory from Coptic ebou elephant from Egyptian ’bw
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English ivorie, from Anglo-Norman ivurie, from Latin eboreus (“in or of ivory”) adjective of ebur (“ivory”) (genitive eboris), from Coptic [script?] ebou (“elephant”) , from Egyptian (ȝbw).
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