ivory

[US]/ˈaɪvəri/
[UK]/ˈaɪvəri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a hard creamy-white substance composing the main part of the tusks of an elephant, walrus, or narwhal
adj. made of or resembling ivory; creamy-white in color

Phrases & Collocations

ivory trade

ivory smuggling

ivory poaching

ivory carving

ivory coast

ivory tower

tower of ivory

ivory white

ivory soap

Example Sentences

ivory black (=black ivory)

a statuette in ivory and gold

the ivory tower of academia.

a long spiral ivory tusk

an elaborate inlay of tortoiseshell, ivory, and metal

ivory inlays that decorated wooden furnishings.

Derek tinkled the ivories for us.

His nails resemble the ivory keys of the spinet.

My shirt is more ivory colour than white.

a figure delicately carved in ivory

she wore an ivory silk blouse, frothing at neck and cuffs.

Show white, duramen is small the ivory scene that shows pink or grey yellow.

He sports an ivory-handled cane these days.

What do professors and academics sitting in their ivory towers know about the real world?

Tough and rich flexibility, alburnum is shown weak ivory, duramen by fallow differ to nigger-brown.

The ivory gull often follows polar bears to feed on the remains of seal kills.

Just because I’m a writer, it doesn’t mean I live in an ivory tower. I have to earn a living like anyone else.

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