(uncountable) The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
“Leave the ivory!” he cried. “Leave the ivory! Dead men have no use for ivory!” Some of the Manyuema started to lay down their loads, but this was altogether too much for the avaricious Arabs.
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A creamy white color, the color of ivory.
Tony had gone into the storage room and gotten two more standing lamps, one placed near the ebonies and ivories.
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Something made from or resembling ivory.
c. 1846, Alexandre Dumas (translated by William Barrow), The Three Musketeers
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