Ivorynoun
(uncountable) The hard white form of dentine which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
Ivorynoun
A creamy white colour, the colour of ivory.
Ivorynoun
Something made from or resembling ivory.
Ivorynoun
(collective singular or in plural) The teeth.
Ivorynoun
(collective singular or in plural) The keys of a piano.
Ivorynoun
(slang) A white person.
Ivoryadjective
Made of ivory.
Ivoryadjective
Resembling or having the colour of ivory.
Ivorynoun
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.
Ivorynoun
The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc.
Ivorynoun
Any carving executed in ivory.
Ivorynoun
Teeth; as, to show one's ivories.
Ivorynoun
a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
Ivorynoun
a shade of white the color of bleached bones
Ivorynoun
a hard creamy-white substance composing the main part of the tusks of an elephant, walrus, or narwhal, often (especially formerly) used to make ornaments and other articles
Ivorynoun
an object made of ivory.
Ivorynoun
the keys of a piano
Ivorynoun
a person's teeth.
Ivorynoun
the creamy-white colour of ivory
Ivory
Ivory is a hard, white material from the tusks (traditionally from elephants) and teeth of animals, that consists mainly of dentine, one of the physical structures of teeth and tusks. The chemical structure of the teeth and tusks of mammals is the same, regardless of the species of origin.
Ecrunoun
A beige colour.
Ecruadjective
Of a beige colour.
Ecruadjective
Having the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk, linen, or the like.
Ecrunoun
a very light brown
Ecrunoun
the light fawn colour of unbleached linen
Ecru
Ecru is the colour of unbleached linen.Traditionally ecru was considered a shade of beige, but beginning in the 19th century it became more precisely defined as . Ecru comes from the French word écru, which means .