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noun

(1) A shade of white the color of bleached bones

(2) A hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses

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Etymology

From Anglo-Normand ivorie, from Old North French , from 'in or of ivory', form 'ivory', from 'elephant', from (âbu) 'elephant; ivory': U23-D58-G43-T19

Noun

The hard white form of dentine which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
A creamy white colour, the colour of ivory.
Something made from or resembling ivory.
(collective singular or in plural) The teeth.
(collective singular or in plural) The keys of a piano.