ebony
Dense tropical timber
Ebony is a dense, dark hardwood prized for its deep black color and fine grain.
It's used for piano keys, chess pieces, and decorative objects.
The word extends to anything sharing that distinctive black color: ebony hair, ebony skin.
As an adjective, ebony describes this rich, lustrous black: an ebony finish on the cabinet. (Capitalized Ebony is a name or the magazine.)
Darkest possible hue
Dense deciduous timber
- timberWood for construction
- veneerDecorative outer layer
- furnitureMovable room objects
- cabinetmakingCraft of building furniture
carpentry · joinery · marquetry · intarsia · inlay · craftsmanship · carving · woodwork
black
Darkest possible hue
raven · sable · ink · onyx · coal · pitch · dark · noir · charcoal · shadow
hardwood
Dense deciduous timber
cabinetmaking · carpentry · joinery · marquetry · intarsia · inlay · craftsmanship · carving · woodwork · turnery
polished
Smooth, refined, accomplished
sheen · buffed · gleaming · satiny · silky · radiant · shimmering · reflective · lacquered · varnished
precious
Highly esteemed, greatly valued
prized · exclusive · refined · elegant · ornate · decorative · antique · heirloom · collectible · artisan
- blackjet black, pitch black, coal black, true black, midnight black
- hardwoodsoak, maple, walnut, teak, mahogany
- timber treesoak, pine, maple, spruce, fir
- dark materialscharcoal, coal, soot, tar, pitch
- dark woodswalnut, mahogany, rosewood, wenge, blackwood
- exotic woodsmahogany, teak, rosewood, purpleheart, wenge