Ivory



1.
(FIGURATIVE) ពណ៌ស (ដូចភ្លុក)
noun — Plural: Ivories
1.
(the hard, white substance which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses, etc., used to make ornaments, piano keys, and the like. creamy white) ភ្លុក ទន្ដម័យ (របស់ធ្វើដោយភ្លុក) / made of ivory ភ្លុកដំរី
adjective
1.
(made of or like ivory) ivory statue ដែលធ្វើពីភ្លុក, ធ្វើដោយភ្លុក, ivory color នៃពងមាន់ (ពណ៌)
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Ivories
1.
The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure. It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or utility.
2.
The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc.
3.
Any carving executed in ivory.
4.
Teeth; as, to show one's ivories.