Canadian French Meaning of ivory
ivoire
Other Canadian French words related to ivoire
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Nearest Words of ivory
- ivory coast => Côte d'Ivoire
- ivory coast franc => Franc ivoirien
- ivory gull => Mouette eburne
- ivory nut => Noix d'ivoire
- ivory palm => Palmier ivoire
- ivory plant => Arbre à ivoire
- ivory tower => tour d'ivoire
- ivory tree => arbre à ivoire
- ivorybill => Pic à bec d'ivoire
- ivory-bill => Pic à bec ivoire
Definitions and Meaning of ivory in English
ivory (n)
a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
a shade of white the color of bleached bones
ivory (n.)
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.
The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc.
Any carving executed in ivory.
Teeth; as, to show one's ivories.
FAQs About the word ivory
ivoire
a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses, a shade of white the color of bleached bonesThe hard, white, opaq
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ivories => Ivoire, ivoride => ivoire, ivor armstrong richards => Ivor Armstrong Richards, ivies => lierre, ivied => recouvert de lierre,
