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i·vo·ry

Audio Help [ahy-vuh-ree, ahy-vree] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -ries, adjective

–noun

1.	the hard white substance, a variety of dentin, composing the main part of the tusks of the elephant, walrus, 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.

ivories, Slang.

a.	the keys of a piano or of a similar keyboard instrument.

dice.

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

12.	consisting or made of ivory.

13.	of the color ivory.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME < OF ivurie < L eboreus (adj.), equiv. to ebor- (s. of ebur) ivory + -eus adj. suffix; see -eous

]

—Related forms

i·vo·ry·like, adjective

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i·vo·ry Audio Help (ī'və-rē, īv'rē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. i·vo·ries

1. A hard, smooth, yellowish-white substance composed primarily of dentin that forms the tusks of the elephant.
2. A similar substance forming the tusks or teeth of certain other mammals, such as the walrus.
3. Music Piano keys.
4. Games Dice.
5. Slang The teeth.
A tusk, especially an elephant's tusk.
An article made of ivory.
A substance resembling ivory.
A pale or grayish yellow to yellowish white.
ivories
1. Music Piano keys.
2. Games Dice.
3. Slang The teeth.

adj.

Composed or constructed of ivory.
Of a pale or grayish yellow to yellowish white.

[Middle English ivorie, from Old French ivoire, ivurie, from Latin eboreus, of ivory, from ebur, ebor-, ivory, from Coptic ebou, elephant, from Egyptian 'bw.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ivory

1181, Anglo-Fr. ivorie, from O.N.Fr. ivurie (12c.), from L. eboreus "of ivory," from ebur (gen. eboris) "ivory," probably via Phoenician from an African source (cf. Egyptian ab "elephant," Coptic ebu "ivory"). Replaced O.E. elpendban, lit. "elephant bone." Applied in slang to articles made from it, such as dice (1830) and piano keys (1854). As a color, esp. in ref. to human skin, it is attested from 1590. Ivories as slang for "teeth" dates from 1782. Ivory tower (1911) first used 1837 in Fr. (tour d'ivorie) by critic Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804-1869) with reference to the poet Alfred de Vigny, whom he accused of excessive aloofness.

"Et Vigny, plus secret, Comme en sa tour d'ivoire, avant midi rentrait." [Saine-Beuve, "Pensées d'Août, a M. Villemain," 1837]

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

ivory
noun
1.	a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
2.	a shade of white the color of bleached bones [syn: bone]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ivory [ˈaivəri] noun, adjective

(of) the hard white substance forming the tusks of an elephant, walrus etc
Example: Ivory was formerly used to make piano keys; ivory chessmen

Arabic:	عاج
Chinese (Simplified):	象牙；象牙制成的
Chinese (Traditional):	象牙；象牙製成的
Czech:	slonovina; slonovinový
Danish:	elfenben; elfenbens-
Dutch:	ivoor
Estonian:	elevandiluu
Finnish:	norsunluu
French:	(en, *d')ivoire
German:	das Elfenbein;elfenbeinern
Greek:	φίλντισι, φιλντισένιος
Hungarian:	elefántcsont
Icelandic:	fílabein
Indonesian:	gading
Italian:	avorio; d'avorio*

Japanese:	象牙 (の)
Korean:	상아; 상아로 만든, 상아빛의
Latvian:	ziloņkauls; ziloņkaula-
Lithuanian:	dramblio kaulas
Norwegian:	elfenbein
Polish:	kość słoniowa
Portuguese (Brazil):	marfim
Portuguese (Portugal):	marfim
Romanian:	(de, *din) fildeş
Russian:	слоновая кость
Slovak:	slonovina; slonovinový
Slovenian:	slonova kost; slonokoščen
Spanish:	marfil
Swedish:	elfenben
Turkish:	fildişi, fildişinden yapılmış

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ivory Audio Help (ī'və-rē) Pronunciation Key
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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Main Entry: ivo·ry
Pronunciation: 'Iv-(&-)rE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ries
: the hard creamy-white modified dentin that composes the tusks of a tusked mammal and especially the elephant —ivory adjective

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Ivory

E`bur*na"tion\, n. [L. eburnus of ivory, fr. ebur ivory: cf. F. ['e]burnation. See Ivory.] (Med.) A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ivory.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Ivory

(Heb. pl. shenhabbim, the "tusks of elephants") was early used in decorations by the Egyptians, and a great trade in it was carried on by the Assyrians (Ezek. 27:6; Rev. 18:12). It was used by the Phoenicians to ornament the box-wood rowing-benches of their galleys, and Hiram's skilled workmen made Solomon's throne of ivory (1 Kings 10:18). It was brought by the caravans of Dedan (Isa. 21:13), and from the East Indies by the navy of Tarshish (1 Kings 10:22). Many specimens of ancient Egyptian and Assyrian ivory-work have been preserved. The word _habbim_ is derived from the Sanscrit _ibhas_, meaning "elephant," preceded by the Hebrew article (ha); and hence it is argued that Ophir, from which it and the other articles mentioned in 1 Kings 10:22 were brought, was in India.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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