Plural of ivory
regular plural
The plural of ivory is ivories.
Forms of ivory
| Singular | ivory /ˈaɪv(ə)ɹi/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | ivories /ˈaɪvəɹiːz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Ivories in a sentence
- to tickle the ivories
- Tony had gone into the storage room and gotten two more standing lamps, one placed near the ebonies and ivories.2016, Peter Wendt, Nikki Magee, Lulu.com, page 52
- Their wider throw-off angle makes billiards a far less difficult game than it is with ivories.2013, Riso Levi, Billiards in the Twentieth Century. From the entry throw-off
- Has to keep her hands white to tickle the ivories.1915 October, Willa Sibert Cather, chapter XVI, in The Song of the Lark, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […]…. From the entry tickle the ivories
Meaning of ivory
- noun The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
- noun A creamy white color, the color of ivory.
- noun Something made from or resembling ivory.
Questions about the plural of ivory
- What is the plural of ivory?
- The plural of ivory is ivories.
- Is ivory countable?
- Ivory is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ivory (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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