Definitions for Ivory

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Ivory i·vo·ry

Spelling: [ahy-vuh-ree, ahy-vree]

IPA: /ˈaɪ və ri, ˈaɪ vri/

Ivory is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 37 anagrams from letters in Ivory (iorvy).

Definitions for Ivory

noun

1. the hard white substance, a variety of dentin, composing the main part of the tusks of the elephant, walrus, etc.
2. this substance when taken from a dead animal and used to make carvings, billiard balls, etc.
3. some substance resembling this.
4. an article made of this substance, as a carving or a billiard ball.
5. a tusk, as of an elephant.
6. dentin of any kind.
7. Slang. a tooth, or the teeth.
8. ivories, Slang. the keys of a piano or of a similar keyboard instrument. dice.
9. Also called vegetable ivory. the hard endosperm of the ivory nut, used for ornamental purposes, for buttons, etc.
10. a creamy or yellowish white.
11. a smooth paper finish produced by coating with beeswax before calendering.

adjective

1. consisting or made of ivory.
2. of the color ivory.

Origin of Ivory

1250-1300; Middle English Old French ivurie Latin eboreus (adj.), equivalent to ebor- (stem of ebur) ivory + -eus adj. suffix; see -eous

Examples for Ivory

There he made the gold and ivory statue of Zeus that you shall see in Zeus's temple.

“We can only save African elephants if China and Japan ban the ivory trade,” Thornton told me.

Her ivory forehead was wrinkled charmingly in a little frown of obstinacy.

These goods were probably exchanged with Gedi inhabitants for animal skins and ivory.

There was ivory Brown's funeral: how would that have gone on if it hadn't been for her?

The first evening they talked of the wonder of the ivory stockade.

Today, ivory prices are at record highs, having tripled since that 2008 auction, up to around $1,500 a pound.

Soon his coffers were overflowing with revenue from rubber, palm oil, and ivory.

There is a kind of beauty that seems made to be painted on ivory, and such was hers.

Poaching fell off dramatically, and the black market price of ivory dropped.