Definition of "ivory"

ivory

/ˈaɪv(ə)ɹi/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural ivories
1. (uncountable) The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
2. A creamy white color, the color of ivory.
3. Something made from or resembling ivory.
4. (collective, singular or in plural) The teeth.
5. (collective, singular or in plural) The keys of a piano.
6. (slang) A white person.
7. (informal) A die (object bearing numbers, thrown in games of chance).
  Quotations
  The triumphant Englishman did not give himself the trouble even to shake the dice; and, so sure was he of winning, that he threw the ivory on the table without looking.
  c. 1846, Alexandre Dumas (translated by William Barrow), The Three Musketeers
adjective
not comparable
1. Made of ivory.
  Quotations
  Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.
  1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 10, in Mr. Pratt's Patients
2. Resembling or having the colour of ivory.
  Quotations
  The walls and ceiling of this drawing-room in Montague Square are painted ivory.
  1938, Interior Decoration To-day, page 132