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Meanings of mahogany in anglès
Any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish.
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Examples for "mahogany tree"
Examples for "mahogany tree"
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He couldn't imagine a mahogany tree large enough to provide that solid, singular piece of wood.
2
They celebrate coming across an enormous, rare mahogany tree, spreading majestically over a spacious, sun-dappled stretch of jungle.
3
At length, finding escape impossible, he makes for a broad mahogany tree, where he suddenly comes to bay.
4
It is, according to Von Martius, the Cedrela Odorata, an exogen belonging to the same order as the mahogany tree.
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It was the trunk of a mahogany tree, gnawed right into the centre by worms, but for which circumstance it would not have floated.
Usage of mahogany in anglès
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The seats in the parterre were mahogany chairs upholstered in blue damask.
2
The large beds were mahogany with great square pillars at each corner.
3
Ivan skipped the light across the oak water casks and mahogany planking.
4
Pieces of old mahogany swelled forth; a peacock-patterned chintz draped the bedstead.
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The bed was large, of mahogany, in the shape of a boat.
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The houses have stone fronts, mahogany sash windows and natural slate roofs.
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You will find him in a mahogany office on the sixth floor.
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Two candles were burning in pewter sticks on the bare mahogany table.
9
The furniture followed the universal fashion of horse-hair, mahogany, and wool embroidery.
10
He was habited, somewhat uniquely, in a new and handsome mahogany coffin.
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The railing of the altar was of carved mahogany, rich and beautiful.
12
I ask a woodworker, who is in a shop making mahogany secretaries.
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There was a hall paneled in white wood and with mahogany doors.
14
You waited in a drawing-room stuffed with fragile mahogany and sea-green plush.
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It was hard to imagine her friend Britt in that mahogany box.
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A moment later the land agent stood before the wide mahogany desk.
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Ireland
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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