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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

He was all alone on the great platform, and the ebonized piano seemed enormous and formidable before him.

From Sacred and Profane Love by Bennett, Arnold

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