The Clue
Wood for a clarinet (5 letter answer)
The Answer
EBONY
Tags
Notes
The answer EBONY is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.
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Definition
EBONY as a noun:
1. (coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black) = a very dark black
2. hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
3. (ebony, ebony tree, Diospyros ebenum) = tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
EBONY as an adjective:
1. (ebon, ebony) = of a very dark black