part of speech: noun
Sentence from text: As he spoke he smiled, and the lamplight fell on a hard-looking mouth, with very red lips and sharp-looking teeth, as white as ivory.
Definition : a variable color averaging a pale yellow
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Other forms of word: ivory adjective
My sentence: The roses petals were a shade of ivory.
First known use: 13th century
History and Etymology: Middle English ivorie, from Anglo-French ivoire, ivurie, from Latin eboreus of ivory, from ebor-, ebur ivory, from Egyptian ʾ̹b, ʾ̹bw elephant, ivory