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ebonize

American  
[eb-uh-nahyz] / ˈɛb əˌnaɪz /
especially British, ebonise

verb (used with object)

ebonized, ebonizing
  1. to stain or finish black in imitation of ebony.


ebonize British  
/ ˈɛbəˌnaɪz /

verb

  1. (tr) to stain or otherwise finish in imitation of ebony

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of ebonize

First recorded in 1875–80; ebon(y) + -ize


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Each piece in the collection has repetitive organic forms as part of its design and comes in white gesso, natural Douglas fir and ebonized Douglas fir.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2024

Kimbel’s and Cabus’s artisans contrasted planes of caramel and ebonized wood with incised gilding, turquoise tiles and velvety red textiles.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021

A patchwork of labels on the back of the newly discovered daguerreotype, which is in a simple ebonized wood frame, attests to that personal connection.

From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2017

Grounding the apartment’s lighthearted pastels are ebonized antiques from Vienna, a city Midler visited in the ’70s with her style mentor at the time, Alan Buchsbaum.

From Architectural Digest ● May 6, 2014

The dining-room blazes with a gold and purple wall paper, set off by ebonized wood work and furniture. 

From Worldly Ways and Byways by Eliot Gregory

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