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ivory

[ ahy-vuh-ree, ahy-vree ]

noun

plural ivories.
  1. the hard white substance, a variety of dentin, composing the main part of the tusks of elephants, walruses, etc.
  2. this substance when taken from a dead animal and used to make carvings, billiard balls, etc.
  3. some substance resembling this.
  4. an article made of this substance, as a carving or a billiard ball.
  5. a tusk, as of an elephant.
  6. dentin of any kind.
  7. Slang. a tooth, or the teeth.
  8. ivories, Slang.
    1. the keys of a piano or of a similar keyboard instrument.
  9. Also called vegetable ivory. the hard endosperm of the ivory nut, used for ornamental purposes, for buttons, etc.
  10. a creamy or yellowish white.
  11. a smooth paper finish produced by coating with beeswax before calendering.


adjective

  1. consisting or made of ivory.
  2. of the color ivory.

Ivory

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/ 藞补瑟惫蓹谤瑟 /

noun

  1. IvoryJames1928MUSFILMS AND TV: director James. born 1928, US film director. With the producer Ismael Merchant, his films include Shakespeare Wallah (1964), Heat and Dust (1983), A Room With a View (1986), and The Golden Bowl (2000)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ivory

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/ -vr瑟; 藞补瑟惫蓹谤瑟 /

noun

    1. a hard smooth creamy white variety of dentine that makes up a major part of the tusks of elephants, walruses, and similar animals
    2. ( as modifier )

      ivory ornaments

  1. a tusk made of ivory
    1. a yellowish-white colour; cream
    2. ( as adjective )

      ivory shoes

  2. a substance resembling elephant tusk
  3. an ornament, etc, made of ivory
  4. black ivory obsolete.
    Black slaves collectively
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ivory

  1. 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.
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Derived Forms

  • 藞颈惫辞谤测-藢濒颈办别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 颈顎僾辞路谤测路濒颈办别顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of ivory1

First recorded in 1250鈥1300; Middle English, from Old French ivurie, from Latin eboreus, noun use of neuter adjective, equivalent to ebor- (stem of ebur ) 鈥渋vory鈥 + -eus adjective suffix; compare Egyptian ab, abu, Coptic eb, ebu 鈥渋vory, elephant,鈥 Sanskrit 铆产丑补岣 鈥渆濒别辫丑补苍迟鈥; -eous
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of ivory1

C13: from Old French ivurie, from Latin evoreus made of ivory, from ebur ivory; related to Greek elephas ivory, elephant
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Wearing a black suit jacket over an ivory blouse and blue jeans, Watts, 56, is open, welcoming and full of gentle humor.

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They include figurines, tusks, sculptures of Benin's rulers, and an ivory mask.

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鈥淎n insider would be keeping to his ivory tower and telling other people what they should be doing. Ken Martin is in the trenches with rank-and-file members and average Democrats,鈥 Skoufis said.

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The boss would have been mounted on to a thick rim of white organic material such as bone, ivory or antler, which has long since vanished.

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Everyone in her group was laden with two or three cone-shaped bundles 鈥 a couple dozen each of ranunculus, sweet peas, lisianthus, Queen Anne鈥檚 lace, spray roses and large roses in ivory and white.

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