{
  "ebony":{
    "antonyms":[
      "white"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a hard heavy blackish wood yielded by various tropical chiefly southeast Asian trees (genus Diospyros of the family Ebenaceae, the ebony family)":[],
      ": a tree yielding ebony":[],
      ": any of several trees yielding wood like ebony":[],
      ": black , dark":[],
      ": made of or resembling ebony":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "the ebony loudspeakers on their chrome stands look very sleek and modern",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "The palette is a mixture of dark gray and ebony with warm wood and white walls. \u2014 Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor , 1 June 2022",
      "The elegant frames are made of a combination of four natural, sustainable woods\u2014maple, zebra, walnut, and ebony . \u2014 Irene S. Levine, Forbes , 1 June 2022",
      "The room includes his personal objects of interest like ebony chairs, exotic oriental carpets and a rare black silk prayer rug. \u2014 Joanne Shurvell, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
      "The wood floors were treated with an ebony stain and then cerused. \u2014 Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor , 6 May 2022",
      "Paying homage to her character\u2019s quills, Coughlan wore a feathery baby pink and ebony gown with matching eyeshadow and dainty diamond jewels. \u2014 ELLE , 4 May 2022",
      "Guests are welcomed in a sophisticated lobby with a black and cream cabochon marble floor reflected in the mirrored ceiling and a bespoke reception desk with an ebony finish and brass detailing. \u2014 Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "The head-to-toe look by the Italian fashion house also included a choker and slingback pumps in the brand's signature beige-and- ebony original GG print from the Aria collection, inspired by Tom Ford's Gucci era. \u2014 Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "Jared also supplied ebony from his father\u2019s studio for the fingerboard, bridge and binding, and Richard\u2019s chisels for the tuner buttons. \u2014 Jeff Campagna, Smithsonian Magazine , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "The kitchen provides granite counters, a glass tile backsplash, Sub-Zero refrigerator, Dacor gas cooktop, double ovens and ebony maple cabinets. \u2014 Dallas News , 14 Mar. 2020",
      "Meanwhile, the Black Cat Incident, as it was dubbed, became another chapter in the Cubs' long-running history of misery, with the ebony feline\u2014a notorious symbol of bad luck, of course\u2014blamed for jinxing the team. \u2014 Paul Lukas, SI.com , 6 Sep. 2019",
      "Calder would take a break from sculptures and mobiles to craft a silver milk skimmer with a spiderweb design or an ebony toilet paper holder shaped like a hand. \u2014 Jennie Yabroff, Town & Country , 20 Oct. 2017",
      "The white-walled living room features ebony wood floors and a wall fireplace. \u2014 Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com , 15 July 2017",
      "Today brunettes, redheads, and ebony -haired beauties all lay claim to their place in the sun. \u2014 Leslie Camhi, Vogue , 4 Feb. 2014",
      "That's owing to the fact that 10 Roam is Odin's first incense fragrance, with smokey base notes rooted in resin, but also coconut milk and ebony wood. \u2014 Jonathan Evans, Esquire , 3 May 2013",
      "Brick arches, ebony -paneled walls and murals of drinking monks. \u2014 Anya Yurchyshyn, Esquire , 8 Sep. 2008"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably from Late Latin hebeninus of ebony, from Greek ebeninos , from ebenos ebony, from Egyptian hbnj":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8e-b\u0259-n\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "black",
      "pitch-black",
      "pitch-dark",
      "pitchy",
      "raven",
      "sable"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083312",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Ebola virus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several filoviruses (genus Ebolavirus and especially species Zaire ebolavirus ) of African origin that cause an often fatal hemorrhagic fever":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the Ebola River in the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo (former Zaire)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1976, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-210333"
  },
  "Ebola":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": ebola virus":[],
      ": the hemorrhagic fever caused by the Ebola virus":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u0113-; \u02c8\u0113-\u02ccb\u014d-",
      "i-\u02c8b\u014d-l\u0259",
      "\u0113-\u02c8b\u014d-l\u0259",
      "i-",
      "e-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1977, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-020756"
  },
  "ebony spleenwort":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a common North American fern ( Asplenium platyneuron ) with polished black stipes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021429"
  }
}