ebony

About 0.97 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
2. noun A tree that yields such wood.
3. noun A deep, dark black colour.

   ebony:

4. noun Dark skin colour.
5. noun A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument (as opposed to ivory).
6. adjective Made of ebony wood.
7. adjective A deep, dark black colour.

   ebony:

8. adjective Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans.

Similar words

ebon jet black coal black sable colorless achromatic pitch black diospyros ebenum soot black raven

Often followed by

and magazine hair or cane eyes black in skin

Word family

ebonies