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ivory
[ ahy-vuh-ree, ahy-vree ]
noun
- the hard white substance, a variety of dentin, composing the main part of the tusks of elephants, walruses, etc.
- this substance when taken from a dead animal and used to make carvings, billiard balls, etc.
- some substance resembling this.
- an article made of this substance, as a carving or a billiard ball.
- a tusk, as of an elephant.
- dentin of any kind.
- Slang. a tooth, or the teeth.
- ivories, Slang.
- the keys of a piano or of a similar keyboard instrument.
- dice.
- Also called vegetable ivory. the hard endosperm of the ivory nut, used for ornamental purposes, for buttons, etc.
- a creamy or yellowish white.
- a smooth paper finish produced by coating with beeswax before calendering.
adjective
- consisting or made of ivory.
- of the color ivory.
Ivory
1/ 藞补瑟惫蓹谤瑟 /
noun
- 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)
ivory
2/ -vr瑟; 藞补瑟惫蓹谤瑟 /
noun
- a hard smooth creamy white variety of dentine that makes up a major part of the tusks of elephants, walruses, and similar animals
- ( as modifier )
ivory ornaments
- a tusk made of ivory
- a yellowish-white colour; cream
- ( as adjective )
ivory shoes
- a substance resembling elephant tusk
- an ornament, etc, made of ivory
- black ivory obsolete.Black slaves collectively
ivory
- 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.
Derived Forms
- 藞颈惫辞谤测-藢濒颈办别, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 颈顎僾辞路谤测路濒颈办别顎 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of ivory1
Example Sentences
Wearing a black suit jacket over an ivory blouse and blue jeans, Watts, 56, is open, welcoming and full of gentle humor.
They include figurines, tusks, sculptures of Benin's rulers, and an ivory mask.
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.
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.
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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