Synonyms for ivory
ˈaɪ və ri, ˈaɪ vri

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1. ivory, tusk(noun)

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

   Synonyms:
   bone, off-white, pearl, tusk

2. bone, ivory, pearl, off-white(noun)

   a shade of white the color of bleached bones

   Synonyms:
   drop, off-white, bead, pearl, os, osseous tissue, bone, tusk

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1. ivory(n)

   Associated words:
   eburnean, eburnine, eburin, eburnification, eburnation

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1. List of paraphrases for "ivory":

   marfil, 'ivoire, ivorian, ivoire

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1. Holly Morgan:

   I felt a bit trapped between the ivory tower Oxford walls, i just had this general feeling that we were quite a young movement, I felt like I needed some real life experience.

2. Raymond Engena:

   It's our intelligence unit and audit that discovered a large amount of ivory was missing, We have asked security agencies to investigate. As investigations go on, we have told these five people to step aside.

3. Birama Sissoko:

   There is a stock of ivory that circulates. If we can get hold of the ivory, we can work backwards until we get hold of the poachers.

4. Abdul Mahdi:

   We do not live in ivory towers - we walk among you in the streets of Baghdad.

5. Homer:

   Dreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind. For fleeting dreams have two gates one is fashioned of horn and one of ivory. Those which pass through the one of sawn ivory are deceptive, bringing tidings which come to nought, but those which issue from the one of polished horn bring true results when a mortal sees them.

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