Definitions for mahogany

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mahogany ma·hog·a·ny

Spelling: [muh-hog-uh-nee]

IPA: /məˈhɒg ə ni/

Mahogany is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 193 anagrams from letters in mahogany (aaghmnoy).

Definitions for mahogany

noun

1. any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, especially S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.
2. the wood itself.
3. any of various similar trees or their wood. Compare African mahogany, Philippine mahogany.
4. a reddish-brown color.

adjective

1. pertaining to or made of mahogany.
2. of the color mahogany.

Origin of mahogany

First recorded in 1665-75; perhaps

Examples for mahogany

There, in mahogany and curved-glass wardrobe, are relics of sister Edith.

“Half-past ten,” he said, glancing at the mahogany chime-clock on the mantelpiece.

Nope, he has to be seen landing his chopper on the South Lawn, propping his leather loafers on his mahogany desk in the Oval.

The doors were of mahogany as was likewise the wainscoting of the staircases.

Mike Lennon and I were two of a dozen speakers who stood next to the mahogany casket.

Only two materials are used in the construction of this hull, aluminum and mahogany.

The boards are made from 1/8-inch mahogany, which can be obtained at any lumber-yard.

The floors were softened by cork tiles, the walls by Philippine mahogany paneling.

In both were the old-fashioned 33 mahogany furniture of our great-grandfathers.

Every spring Elizabeth polished the mahogany until it shone.