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ivory
('/aI/v/@/r/i/ )

noun (n)

  • a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses(noun.substance)
    Synonym:
    tusk
    source: wordnet30
  • a shade of white the color of bleached bones(noun.attribute)
    Synonym:
    bone, off-white, pearl
    source: wordnet30
  • The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure. It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or utility.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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