Mahogany Definition

mə-hŏgə-nē
mahoganies
noun
mahoganies
Any of a genus (Swietenia) of tropical trees of the mahogany family, with dark, heavy heartwood.
Webster's New World
The wood of any of these trees; esp., the hard, reddish-brown to yellow wood of a tropical American tree (S. mahogani), valued for furniture, interior finishing, and cabinetwork.
Webster's New World
The wood of any of these trees, used in making furniture and musical instruments.
American Heritage
Any of various trees of this family having similar wood, as any of several African trees (genus Khaya)
Webster's New World
Any of various trees of other families having similar wood, as a Philippine mahogany or certain eucalyptus trees.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Designating a family (Meliaceae, order Sapindales) of chiefly tropical, dicotyledonous plants, including baywood and chinaberry.
Webster's New World
Made of mahogany.
Webster's New World
Reddish-brown.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Mahogany

Noun

Singular:
mahogany
Plural:
mahoganies

Origin of Mahogany

  • Perhaps ultimately of Taíno origin akin to Eyeri (Taíno dialect of Puerto Rico) maga mahogany

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Spanish mahogani, possibly from a Mayan name.

    From Wiktionary

Mahogany Sentence Examples

  • Damian appeared to be waiting for him, perched on the corner of a mahogany desk with his arms crossed.

  • Large Mahogany doors swung into an entry graced with antique furnishings.

  • Natasha was lying looking steadily straight before her at one of the mahogany sphinxes carved on the corners of the bedstead, so that the countess only saw her daughter's face in profile.

  • She lifted a stack of papers and straightened them with a sharp rap on her mahogany desktop, deliberately ignoring his empty invitation.

  • In southern Kordofan and in the higher parts of the Bahr-el-Ghazal the silag and ebony are also common, as well as African mahogany (homraya, Khaya senegalensis) and other timber trees.

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