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  1. Ivory
    [color] The first recorded use of ivory as a color name in English was in 1385. The color "ivory" was included as one of the X11 colors when they were formulated in 1987. ==Ivory in nature== Plants Birds ...
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  2. Ivory
    [disambiguation] Ivory is a substance found in the teeth and tusks of animals such as elephants. Ivory may also refer to: ==People== ==Other uses== ...
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  3. Ivory
    [soap] The name "Ivory" refers to a series of products created by the Procter & Gamble Company (P&G), including varieties of a white and mildly fragranced bar soap, that became famous for its pure content and for floating in water. Over the years, the bar soap has been altered into other var...
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  4. ivory
    [n] - a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
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  5. Ivory
    The tooth of an animal used as a material in making decorative items. In Nothern Europe the tusks of wild boar were used.
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  6. ivory
    Hard, dentine tissue from the tusks of elephants and other mammals. From the earliest times ivory was used in China for carvings and in Japan for netsuke figures, as a base for miniature paintings and for decoration. In the West, ivory has been used for ornaments, jewellery and furniture. Its use de...
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  7. Ivory
    I'vo·ry (ī'vo*rȳ) noun ; plural Ivories . [ Middle English ivori , French ivoire , from Latin eboreus made of ivory, from ebur , eboris , ivory, confer Sanskrit ibha elephant. Con...
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  8. ivory
    1. The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterised 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. ... Ivory is the na...
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  9. Ivory
    • (n.) Any carving executed in ivory. • (n.) The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc. • (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 als...
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  10. ivory
    variety of dentin of which the tusk of the elephant is composed, prized for its beauty, durability, and suitability for carving. The tusk is the ... [21 related articles]
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  1. Ivory
    Ivory is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Hard, White Substance` Where is it used? The name Ivory is mainly used In English. Ivory doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Ivory appeared In the top-1000 was 88 years ago, In 1920. It ranked #974 In that year. . 1...
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  2. Ivory
    Ivory is a term for dentine, which constitutes the bulk of the teeth and tusks of animals, when used as a material for art or manufacturing. Ivory has been important since ancient times for making a range of items, from ivory carvings to false teeth, fans, dominoes, joint tubes, piano keys and bill...
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  3. ivory
    ivory, type of dentin present only in the tusks of the elephant. Ivory historically has been obtained mainly from Africa, where elephant tusks are larger than they are in Asia, the second major source, and much dead ivory was taken from remains of extinct mammoths found in Canada, Alaska, and Siberi...
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  4. Ivory
    Ivory is the osseous matter of the tusks of the elephant, and of the teeth or tusks of the hippopotamus, walrus, and narwhal. Ivory is esteemed for its beautiful white or cream colour, its hardness, the fineness of its grain, and its susceptibility of a high polish. That of the African elephant is m...
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  5. ivory
    Hard white substance of which the teeth and tusks of certain mammals are made. Among the most valuable are elephants' tusks, which are of unusual hardness and density. Ivory is used in carving and other decorative work, and is so valuable that poachers continue to illegally destroy the remaining ......
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  6. ivory
    Hard, dentine tissue from the tusks of elephants and other mammals. From the earliest times ivory was used in China for carvings and in Japan for netsuke figures, as a base for miniature paintings and for decoration. In the West, ivory has been used for ornaments, jewellery and furniture. Its use de...
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  7. Ivory
    [album] Ivory is the ninth album by Teena Marie, released in 1990. It was her last album for Epic Records and was a commercial failure, only reaching #27 on the US Black Albums chart and #132 on the Billboard Albums chart (her lowest-placing album on both charts up to that date). Marie`s use...
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  8. Ivory
    [Teena Marie album] ==Licensing== ...
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  9. Ivory
    [CPU] {#ifeq: {{FULLPAGENAME} | Portal:Current events/Calendar/{CURRENTYEAR}/{CURRENTDOY}|NOTE: This is the currently-displayed calendar on the Current events portal (Currently day {CURRENTDOY} of 365).| }} ...
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  10. ivory
    1) Banned article of trade 2) Coast or tower 3) Composition of some towers 4) Creamy white 5) Creamy-white 6) Dentin 7) Dentine 8) Elephant tusk 9) English girl name 10) Illegal hunters seek it 11) Impregnable tower 12)
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