Ebon
[eb-uh n] /ˈɛb ən/
adjective
1.
(def 6).
/ˈɛbən/
noun, adjective
1.
a poetic word for ebony
“ebony wood, ebony tree,” mid-15c.; see ebony. Figurative sense of “dark, black” is from 1590s; in some cases a poetic shortening of ebony.
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- Ebonics
[ih-bon-iks] /ɪˈbɒn ɪks/ noun, (used with a singular verb) 1. . /ɪˈbɒnɪks/ noun 1. (functioning as sing) (US) another name for African-American Vernacular English n. “African-American vernacular English,” 1975, as title of a book by U.S. professor R.L. Williams (b.1930); a blend of ebony and phonics.
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[eb-uh-nist] /ˈɛb ə nɪst/ noun 1. a worker in .
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[eb-uh-nahyt] /ˈɛb əˌnaɪt/ noun 1. . /ˈɛbəˌnaɪt/ noun 1. another name for vulcanite
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[eb-uh-nahyz] /ˈɛb əˌnaɪz/ verb (used with object), ebonized, ebonizing. 1. to stain or finish black in imitation of . /ˈɛbəˌnaɪz/ verb 1. (transitive) to stain or otherwise finish in imitation of ebony