Definitions for ebon
ˈɛb ənebon

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. ebon, ebonyadjective

   of a very dark black

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ebonnoun

   (now poetic) Ebony; an ebony tree.

2. ebonadjective

   Made of ebony.

3. ebonadjective

   Black in colour.

4. Etymology: From eban (modern ébène), from ebenus, from ‘ebony tree’, from Egyptian hbny.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Eben, Ebon, Ebonynoun

   A hard, heavy, black, valuable wood, which admits a fine gloss.

   Etymology: ebenus, Latin.

   If the wood be very hard, as ebony, or lignum vitæ, they are to turn: they use not the same tools they do for soft woods. Joseph Moxon, Mech. Exercises.

   Oft by the winds extinct the signal lies,
   Or smother’d in the glimmering socket dies,
   Ere night has half roll’d round her ebony throne. John Gay, Triv.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ebon

   Ebon is an archaic or poetic term for something that is deep black in color, often used to refer to items made of ebony wood. It can also be used as an adjective to describe something as black or dark.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ebonadjective

   consisting of ebony

2. Ebonadjective

   like ebony, especially in color; black; dark

3. Ebonnoun

   ebony

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ebon

   eb′on, Ebony, eb′on-i, n. a kind of wood almost as heavy and hard as stone, usually black, admitting of a fine polish.—adj. made of ebony: black as ebony.—v.t. Eb′onise, to make furniture look like ebony.—ns. Eb′onist, a worker in ebony; Eb′onite, vulcanite (see under Vulcan). [L.,—Gr. ebenos; cf. Heb. hodnīm, pl. of hobni, obni—eben, a stone.]

Anagrams for ebon »

1. bone

2. beno

How to pronounce ebon?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Libby

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ebon in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ebon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ebon
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ebon
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ebon
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ebon
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ebon