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Wood Often Used For Chessmen Crossword Clue

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199%5Exact Match!
236%6Chessmen
336%11 Has a popular cookie named Chessmen

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "EBONY" which means:

    noun
  • • A very dark black
  • • Hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys
  • • Tropical tree of southern asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
  • adjective satellite
  • • Of a very dark black
  • adjective
  • • Made of ebony wood.
  • • A deep, dark black colour.
  • • Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to african-americans.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "He carved a beautiful sculpture out of ebony."
  • • "The piano keys were made of polished ebony."

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New York Times02 Jan 1978 Down 48
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