Meaning of Ivory | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname from Old French.
2. The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
   uncountable
3. A male given name from English.
4. A creamy white color, the color of ivory.
   countable, uncountable
5. A female given name from English.
6. Something made from or resembling ivory.
   countable, uncountable
7. The teeth.
   collective, countable, plural, singular, uncountable
8. The keys of a piano; or, the white keys, as opposed to the black keys (ebonies).
   collective, countable, plural, singular, uncountable
9. A white person.
   countable, ethnic, slang, slur, uncountable
10. A die (object bearing numbers, thrown in games of chance).
    countable, informal, uncountable

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Examples

““Leave the ivory!” he cried. “Leave the ivory! Dead men have no use for ivory!” Some of the Manyuema started to lay down their loads, but this was altogether too much for the avaricious Arabs.”

“Ye forgot some o' yer ivories, didn't ye, on th' grass?”

“to tickle the ivories”

“Tony had gone into the storage room and gotten two more standing lamps, one placed near the ebonies and ivories.”

“c. 1846, Alexandre Dumas (translated by William Barrow), The Three Musketeers The triumphant Englishman did not give himself the trouble even to shake the dice; and, so sure was he of winning, that he threw the ivory on the table without looking.”

“Charlie Parrott wasn't fooled and told Linny to walk softly. The girl's name had been picked from a baby-name book which reflected a brief fashion of naming girls for expensive wedding gifts of an earlier time—Linen, Silver, Crystal, Ivory.”

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