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ebony
Definition:
(nou) a very dark black (nou) hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys (nou) tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
Phonetic Transcription:
ˈebəni
Examples:
The streets were black as ebony.
The fingerboard is made out of ebony.
The natural keys were normally of ivory and the sharps of ebony.
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