1. Noun
A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green.
2. Adjective
Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony countenance.
3. Adjective
of a very dark black
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4. Noun
tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
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5. Noun
hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
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