ivory
ivo.ry \'i-v-(*-)re-\ n [ME ivorie, fr. OF ivoire, fr. L eboreus of ivory, fr. ebo] often attrib r-, ebur ivory, fr. Egyptb, bw elephant, ivory 1a: the hard creamy-white modified dentine that composes the tusks of an el ephant or sometimes another tusked mammal 1b: a tusk (as of an elephant) that yields ivory 2: a variable color averaging a pale yellow slang 3: TOOTH 4: something (as dice or piano keys) made of ivory or of a similar substanc e