ebony
adjective/ˈebəni/
/ˈebəni/
- black in colour
- ebony skin
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEbony is used with these nouns:- skin
Word Originlate Middle English: from earlier ebon (via Old French and Latin from Greek ebenos ‘ebony tree’), perhaps on the pattern of ivory.Definitions on the go
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