how to pronounce ivory

/ˈaɪvɚiː/

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ivory is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… piece of ivory on which I work with so …”

meanings of ivory

noun:

The keys of a piano.
Something made from or resembling ivory.
A white person.
The teeth.
The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
A creamy white color, the color of ivory.

name:

A surname.
A male given name from English.
A female given name from English.

adjective:

Resembling or having the colour of ivory.
Made of ivory.

ivory frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word ivory occurs in english on average 5.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics ivory 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 ivory can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;