Main Entry: ivo·ry

Pronunciation: \ˈīv-rē, ˈī-və-rē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural ivo·ries

Etymology: Middle English ivorie, from Anglo-French ivoire, ivurie, from Latin eboreus of ivory, from ebor-, ebur ivory, from Egyptian ˒ʾb, ˒ʾbw elephant, ivory

Date: 13th century

1 a : the hard creamy-white modified dentine that composes the tusks of a tusked mammal (as an elephant, walrus, or narwhal) b : a tusk that yields ivory
2 : a variable color averaging a pale yellow
3 slang : tooth
4 : something (as a piano key) made of ivory or of a similar substance

— ivory adjective