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EBONIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ebonize mean?
• EBONIZE (verb)
The verb EBONIZE has 1 sense:
1. stain black to make it look like ebony
Familiarity information: EBONIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stain black to make it look like ebony
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
ebonise; ebonize
Hypernyms (to "ebonize" is one way to...):
stain (color with a liquid dye or tint)
Domain category:
article of furniture; furniture; piece of furniture (furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
ebony (a very dark black)
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