Usually means: Dark, dense wood; black color.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word ebony:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. ebony: Merriam-Webster
  2. ebony, ebony: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ebony: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ebony: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ebony: Vocabulary.com
  6. Ebony, ebony: Wordnik
  7. ebony: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Ebony, ebony: Wiktionary
  9. ebony: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. ebony: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. ebony: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Ebony, ebony: Dictionary.com
  13. ebony: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. ebony: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Ebony (Magazine), Ebony (album), Ebony (band), Ebony (color), Ebony (disambiguation), Ebony (magazine), Ebony: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Ebony: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. ebony: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. ebony: Rhymezone
  19. Ebony: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. ebony: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. ebony: FreeDictionary.org
  22. ebony: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. ebony: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. Ebony: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  25. ebony: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Beading Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ebony: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ebony: Easton Bible
  2. Ebony: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ebony, ebony: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Ebony: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cat Terms (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
noun:  (countable) A tree that yields such wood.
noun:  (countable and uncountable) A deep, dark black colour.
noun:  (slang, countable) A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument.
adjective:  Made of ebony wood.
adjective:  A deep, dark black colour.
adjective:  Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans.
noun:  A female given name from English.
noun:  (derogatory) A stereotypical African-American woman.

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