as in black
having the color of soot or coal
the ebony loudspeakers on their chrome stands look very sleek and modern
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Its scent profile of palo santo, cistus, and ebony wood is both meditative and transcendent.
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Megan Wahn, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2024
In response, local firm RAD Interiors cloaked the walls with an ebony grasscloth from Kravet, establishing a muted backdrop for the centerpiece: a reclaimed timber four-post bed from RH swaddled in Hale Mercantile Co. linens.
—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2024
The five-bedroom main house has four fireplaces and oversize sunny windows; an eat-in modern kitchen; and formal rooms with ebony floors, wainscoting, and coffered ceilings, including a living room with a deep bay window seat.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 1 Oct. 2024
All the rib cages are made of different woods in different colors: white oak, padauk, cherry, ebony, black walnut, ash, and so on.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 12 July 2024
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Megan Wahn, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2024
In response, local firm RAD Interiors cloaked the walls with an ebony grasscloth from Kravet, establishing a muted backdrop for the centerpiece: a reclaimed timber four-post bed from RH swaddled in Hale Mercantile Co. linens.
—Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2024
The five-bedroom main house has four fireplaces and oversize sunny windows; an eat-in modern kitchen; and formal rooms with ebony floors, wainscoting, and coffered ceilings, including a living room with a deep bay window seat.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 1 Oct. 2024
All the rib cages are made of different woods in different colors: white oak, padauk, cherry, ebony, black walnut, ash, and so on.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 12 July 2024
See All Example Sentences for ebony
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“Ebony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ebony. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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