Italian Meaning of ivory
avorio
Other Italian words related to avorio
No Synonyms and anytonyms found
Nearest Words of ivory
- ivory coast => Costa d'Avorio
- ivory coast franc => Franco ivoriano
- ivory gull => Gabbiano d'avorio
- ivory nut => Noce d'avorio
- ivory palm => Palma d'avorio
- ivory plant => Pianta d'avorio
- ivory tower => torre d'avorio
- ivory tree => albero d’avorio
- ivorybill => Picchio avorio
- ivory-bill => Picchio dal becco avorio
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
avorio
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 => Avorio, ivoride => avorio, ivor armstrong richards => Ivor Armstrong Richards, ivies => edera, ivied => ricoperto d'edera,