Look up: ivory

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   Ivory
   Ivory is a hard white substance of which some animals teeth and tusks are composed.
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   ivory
   [n] - a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
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   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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   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 declined in the 15thC but interest was revived in th ...
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   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. Confer Eburnean .] 1. The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, ...
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   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 name commercially given not only to the substance con ...
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   Ivory
   `Ivory` is a hard, white, opaque substance that is the bulk of the teeth and tusks of animals such as the elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, mammoth and narwhal. The word `ivory` was traditionally applied to the tusks of elephants; the word is ultimately from Ancient Egyptian `âb, âbu` `elephant`. Ivory has availed itself to many ornamental and practical uses. Prior to the introduction of plastics, it was used for billiard balls, piano keys, bagp...
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   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 also by their double flexure. It is used in manufactu...
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   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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    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. . 1910 was a `top year` for the name Ivory. (Based on 12
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    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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