Ivory

English Meaning

The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure. It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or utility.

1. A hard, smooth, yellowish-white substance composed primarily of dentin that forms the tusks of the elephant.
2. A similar substance forming the tusks or teeth of certain other mammals, such as the walrus.
3. A tusk, especially an elephant's tusk.
4. An article made of ivory.
5. A substance resembling ivory.
6. A pale or grayish yellow to yellowish white.
7. Music Piano keys.
8. Games Dice.
9. Slang The teeth.
10. Composed or constructed of ivory.
11. Of a pale or grayish yellow to yellowish white.