Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - ivory
Ivory
ivory
n. (pl. -ies) 1 a hard creamy-white substance composing the main part of the tusks of an elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, and narwhal. 2 the colour of this. 3 (usu. in pl.) a an article made of ivory. b sl. anything made of or resembling ivory, esp. a piano key or a tooth. Phrases and idioms fossil ivory ivory from the tusks of a mammoth. ivory black black pigment from calcined ivory or bone. ivory-nut the seed of a corozo palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa, used as a source of vegetable ivory for carving: also called corozo-nut. ivory tower a state of seclusion or separation from the ordinary world and the harsh realities of life. vegetable ivory a hard white material obtained from the endosperm of the ivory-nut. Derivatives ivoried adj. Etymology: ME f. OF yvoire ult. f. L ebur eboris
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noun (plural -ries) Etymology: Middle English ivorie, from Anglo-French ivoire, ivurie, from Latin eboreus of ~, from ebor-, ebur ~, from Egyptian ?b, ?bw elephant, ~ Date: 13th century 1. the hard creamy-white modified dentine that composes the tusks of a tusked mammal (as an elephant, walrus, or narwhal), a tusk that yields ~, a variable color averaging a pale yellow, tooth, something (as a piano key) made of ~ or of a similar substance, ~ adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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