ivory

noun

a shade of white the color of bleached bones

a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses

Roots

eburivor- · Latin · ivory

Synonyms for ivory

pearln satinn alabastern mahoganyn alabastrineadj velvetn

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Where does ivory come from?

The word ivory breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root ivor-, from Latin ebur (“ivory”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.