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ivoryware

ivoryware noun: articles made from ivory.

Noun

ivoryware (uncountable)

  1. Articles made from ivory.
    • What girl can resist an elaborate array of toiletries or the seductive qualities of ivoryware?1926 May, “Store Success Linked With Display: Craving Inspired by Goods Appealingly Presented Contributes Heavily to Volume of Average Establishment”, in The Display World, volume VIII, number 5...
    • Merchandise which needs a Certificate of Origin to be permitted to be brought into the States includes: hardwood manufacture including furniture (which, incidentally, is a terrific bargain in Hong Kong), ivoryware, jade jewelry and unset jade stones, silk piece goods and silk garments, linen and...1964, Harvey S[tuart] Olson, Olson’s Orient Guide, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J. B. Lippincott Company, →LCCN, page 349

Origin of ivoryware

From ivory + -ware.

Questions about ivoryware

What does ivoryware mean?
Ivoryware means articles made from ivory.
What part of speech is ivoryware?
Ivoryware is a noun.

Words near ivoryware in the dictionary

  1. ivorysmiths
  2. Ivoryton
  3. ivorytype
  4. ivorytypes
  5. ivorytyping
  6. ivoryware
  7. ivosidenib
  8. IVP
  9. IVPB
  10. IVPBs
  11. IVPs

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