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mahogany
[ muh-hog-uh-nee ]
noun
- any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, especially S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.
- the wood itself.
- any of various similar trees or their wood. Compare African mahogany, Philippine mahogany.
- a reddish-brown color.
adjective
- pertaining to or made of mahogany.
- of the color mahogany.
mahogany
/ məˈhɒɡənɪ /
noun
- any of various tropical American trees of the meliaceous genus Swietenia, esp S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, valued for their hard reddish-brown wood
- any of several trees with similar wood, such as African mahogany (genus Khaya ) and Philippine mahogany (genus Shorea )
- the wood of any of these trees See also acajou
- ( as modifier )
a mahogany table
- a reddish-brown colour
- ( as modifier )
mahogany skin
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Example Sentences
He then referenced the film Anchorman: “I personally have many leather-bound books, and my house smells of rich mahogany.”
The floors were softened by cork tiles, the walls by Philippine mahogany paneling.
Here, table, highboy chairs, and screen—mahogany, cherry, teak—looked nervous and disproportioned.
Nope, he has to be seen landing his chopper on the South Lawn, propping his leather loafers on his mahogany desk in the Oval.
Mike Lennon and I were two of a dozen speakers who stood next to the mahogany casket.
She opened the door of a square room with large roses on the white wall-paper, and fine old mahogany furniture.
The woods, however, are again pretty thick, and some inferior mahogany among it is used for furniture.
You may know it by all these signs of mahogany furniture, and leather upholstery, and waiters of reverential deportment.
It was built at Chatham, from the design of Mr. Oliver Lang, of mahogany and on the diagonal principle.
A magnificent mahogany tree, whose luxuriant branches overshadowed the whole clearing, stood nearly in the centre.
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