Noun
- 1. coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black, black, blackness, inkiness
- usage: a very dark black
- 2. ebony, wood
- usage: hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
- 3. ebony, ebony tree, Diospyros ebenum, tree
- usage: tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
Adjective
- 1. ebon, ebony, achromatic (vs. chromatic), neutral
- usage: of a very dark black
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