Synonyms:
ebon, ebony
Meaning: of a very dark black
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
coal_black, ebony, jet_black, pitch_black, sable, soot_black
Meaning: a very dark black
Usage examples
And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay.
All was dark yet splendid--as that ebony to which has been likened the style of Tertullian.
It was in this apartment, also, that there stood against the western wall, a gigantic clock of ebony.
There, outlined as black as an ebony statue on that shining background, I saw the figure of a man upon the tor.
The house was splendidly furnished, the walls and ceiling of marble, the furniture of ebony inlaid with gold and precious stones, the floor of such smooth slippery glass that the little fellow tumbled down more than once.
As soon as the boat had touched the shore, Hercules went towards the gloomy palace of Pluto where he with difficulty, on account of the darkness, saw Pluto seated upon an ebony throne by the side of his beloved Proserpina.
When he touched the ground, he rapped it with his foot; it opened, and we found ourselves in the enchanted palace, in the presence of the beautiful princess of the Ebony Isle. But how different she looked from what she was when I had last seen her, for she was lying stretched on the ground covered with blood, and weeping bitterly.