noun
- A very dark black.
- synonyms: coal black, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black
- Hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys.
- Tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork.
- synonyms: ebony tree, Diospyros ebenum
adjective
- Of a very dark black.
- synonyms: ebon
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