how to pronounce ebony

/ˈɛbəniː/

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ebony is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of ebony in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… was included in ebony magazine's power …”

meaning of ebony

Ebony is a type of hard black wood.

ebony frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word ebony occurs in english on average 1.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics ebony can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that ebony can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;