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Dictionary: eb·on   (ĕb'ən) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Made of ebony.
  2. Black in color.
n.
Ebony.

[Middle English eban, ebony wood, from Old French, from Latin hebenus, ebenus, ebony tree, from Greek ebenos. See ebony.]


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adjective

    Of the darkest achromatic visual value: black, ebony, inky, jet1, jetty, onyx, pitch-black, pitchy, sable, sooty. See colors/colorless.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: very dark black
  Synonym: ebony


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