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Перевод: ivory

[прилагательное]
цвета слоновой кости; сделанный из слоновой кости;
[существительное]
слоновая кость; цвет слоновой кости; предметы из слоновой кости; игральные кости; бильярдные шары; клавиши ; зубы

Тезаурус:

1. Above, right and top right: Old ivory silk dress with pearl grapevine embroidery by Allison Blake (Vine, 1,295), pearl necklace, (24.95) clip earrings (30.70) and drop earrings (27.95) from Harvey Nichols, headdress (60) and veil (around 35) from Silk.
2. In 1989 he confessed at a show trial to trafficking in gold and ivory, and was shot.
3. Such distributions are in marked contrast to those with, arguably, a northern and Baltic Sea origin, especially ivory and crystal beads.
4. She invented a new history for herself, one of privilege, with distant relatives living in colonies who would send her ivory totems from Nairobi, tea from Ceylon, a three-eyed, many-armed brass Devi with a moon on her head.
5. Typically stereotyped as being "absent-minded" cartoon types, intellectuals and academics are considered to inhabit ivory towers and need protection in their navety.
6. Cocooned in an ivory tower of antique furniture and unfinished jigsaw puzzles, she spends an inordinate amount of time doing simple things like pouring hot water into a teapot; then she gets on the telephone to her friends and either hangs up just as they reach the receiver or asks them if they wouldn't mind coming round to tea and picking up some skate from the fishmonger on the way.
7. Since tusks continue to grow throughout an elephant's life, the amount of ivory carried by the herds will also increase.
8. Black and ivory are the safest colours, but if you must buy red then go for a subtle ruby or deep claret.
9. The argument that a ban will drive ivory trading underground is plainly absurd, since up to 90 per cent of all ivory currently in trade has come from elephants illegally slaughtered by poachers.
10. "The owners of the poached ivory stock piles have been able to achieve a virtual monopoly of the international ivory trade, which was used to force prices up by as much as 300 per cent in three years."
11. Value of ivory
12. The African elephant was a notable beneficiary of WWF's activities in 1989, with two British lawyers working on its behalf during the negotiations on the Cites agreement on ivory.
13. Illegally poached ivory is smuggled out of Africa via the United Arab Emirates and, up until mid-1989, was sold on to Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Singapore where it was made into trinkets, carvings and piano keys.