Synonyms for ivory
ˈaɪ və ri, ˈaɪ vriivo·ry

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1. ivory, tusknoun

   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-whitenoun

   a shade of white the color of bleached bones

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

Matched Categories

1. • Dentine
   • White

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1. ivorynoun

   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. Homer, The Odyssey:

   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.

2. Andrew Wetzler:

   The more we can eliminate legal markets in ivory, the more difficult it becomes to sell ivory illegally.

3. Vincent Seruma:

   In one container alone, we have found 762 pieces of ivory and 423 kilograms of pangolin scales, we are still investigating to find more culprits.

4. Leon Barron:

   This is the first time that fingerprinting on ivory has been thoroughly investigated and a practical solution offered, the only other study carried out over a decade ago simply showed that fingerprints were unstable and that the clarity of ridge detail was low, making it difficult to make reliable identifications.

5. Samuel Wasser:

   Targeting these areas for law enforcement could stop the largest amount of poaching-related mortality in Africa and choke at the major sources of ivory fueling the criminal networks that allow this transnational organized crime to operate.