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# ebony

«ebony» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a very hard, dark black wood** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural ebonies); adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Ebony is a very hard, dark black wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ebony/#m1)

2) Ebony means very black, like the wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ebony/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Ebony was a costly trade good from far lands, listed among the riches of Tyre. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales, precious things made of ebony, such as chopsticks or a far-off island rich in it

### examples

- The men of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand; they brought thee as tribute horns of ivory and ebony. (Prophets EZK.27.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ebony/#x1)
- The chopsticks were made of ebony. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ebony/#x2)
- Her hair was as black as ebony. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ebony/#x3)
- The piano keys were ebony and ivory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ebony/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ebony» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/ebony/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.