Portuguese Meaning of ivory
marfim
Other Portuguese words related to marfim
No Synonyms and anytonyms found
Nearest Words of ivory
- ivory coast => Costa do Marfim
- ivory coast franc => Franco da Costa do Marfim
- ivory gull => Gaivota-do-marfim
- ivory nut => Noz de marfim
- ivory palm => Palmeira do marfim
- ivory plant => Planta de marfim
- ivory tower => torre de marfim
- ivory tree => árvore do marfim
- ivorybill => Pica-pau-bico-de-marfim
- ivory-bill => Pica-pau-bico-de-marfim
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
marfim
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
No synonyms found.
No antonyms found.
ivories => Marfim, ivoride => cor de marfim, ivor armstrong richards => Ivor Armstrong Richards, ivies => hera, ivied => coberto de hera,