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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Recent Examples of ebony
The second is exclusive to Tom Ford, a Makassar ebony wood note that uses special technology to capture the essence of the tree without damaging it.
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Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The dial is ebony-black sunburst, like the original.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2024
The characters—ebony, sandalwood, ceiba, redwood and so on—quickly come to feel like old friends, their long life histories carefully told and the stakes of their uncertain futures in the Anthropocene clearly laid out.
—Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
Its scent profile of palo santo, cistus, and ebony wood is both meditative and transcendent.
—Megan Wahn, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2024
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Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The dial is ebony-black sunburst, like the original.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2024
The characters—ebony, sandalwood, ceiba, redwood and so on—quickly come to feel like old friends, their long life histories carefully told and the stakes of their uncertain futures in the Anthropocene clearly laid out.
—Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
Its scent profile of palo santo, cistus, and ebony wood is both meditative and transcendent.
—Megan Wahn, Architectural Digest, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ebony
black
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Both sizes are available in all black, and the large 45mm model also comes in silver with a white band, while the smaller 41mm Venu 3S gives you the choice of four additional color combinations: soft gold with an ivory, french gray, or dust rose band, or silver with a sage gray band.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
14 May 2025
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Heavy black smoke in the kitchen at the rear of the unoccupied residence was discovered by firefighters upon arrival.—
Courier-News,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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“Ebony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ebony. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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