Ivory

Classic soap brand

Ivory is a given name, used for both men and women, evoking the precious material's associations with purity and value: Ivory Wayans.

Ivory Coast is the English name for the West African nation officially called Côte d'Ivoire.

Ivory is also a brand name for a mild white soap marketed as pure enough to float. (Lowercase ivory is the material or color.)

place

Coast

Named oceanic region

  • AfricaSecond-largest continent
  • WestLiberal democratic sphere
  • AbidjanCôte d'Ivoire economic capital

nation

brand

soap

Fatty alkali cleanser

  • pureUnmixed, without impurities
  • floatBuoyant object or vehicle
  • ProcterSoap and detergent maker

Gamble · mild · white · bar

era

Victorian

Of a prim era

name

given

Accepted as fact

  • surnameHereditary family identifier
piano

Steinway

Legendary piano manufacturer

  • ChopinPolish Romantic pianist-composer
  • BeethovenGerman classical music giant
  • MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
Categories
Opposites
color/shade spectrum

Ivoryebony

Dense dark tropical wood

jet black · onyx · charcoal · obsidian · pitch black

material value/ethics

Ivoryplastic

Capable of being molded

sustainable materials · ethical alternatives · bone · resin

material hardness/texture

Ivoryvelvet

Thick-pile textile

silk · leather · rubber · clay · cotton

Phrases
Family

ivories

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G