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Meanings of mahogany in English

Portuguese
sépia
Catalan
sèpia
Spanish
caoba

A shade of brown with a tinge of red.

        sépia
        Portuguese
        mogno
        Catalan
        caoba

        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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              mogno
              Spanish
              caoba

              Reddish brown color.

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                      Usage of mahogany in English
                      1
                      The seats in the parterre were mahogany chairs upholstered in blue damask.
                      Chapters of Opera / Being historical and critical observations a...
                      2
                      The large beds were mahogany with great square pillars at each corner.
                      James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
                      3
                      Ivan skipped the light across the oak water casks and mahogany planking.
                      Love overboard
                      4
                      Pieces of old mahogany swelled forth; a peacock-patterned chintz draped the bedstead.
                      The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural
                      5
                      The bed was large, of mahogany, in the shape of a boat.
                      Madame Bovary
                      6
                      The houses have stone fronts, mahogany sash windows and natural slate roofs.
                      The Irish Times
                      7
                      You will find him in a mahogany office on the sixth floor.
                      Buttered Side Down: Stories
                      8
                      Two candles were burning in pewter sticks on the bare mahogany table.
                      The Crisis — Volume 08
                      9
                      The furniture followed the universal fashion of horse-hair, mahogany, and wool embroidery.
                      Clayhanger
                      10
                      He was habited, somewhat uniquely, in a new and handsome mahogany coffin.
                      Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
                      11
                      The railing of the altar was of carved mahogany, rich and beautiful.
                      Inez: A Tale of the Alamo
                      12
                      I ask a woodworker, who is in a shop making mahogany secretaries.
                      The new yorker
                      13
                      There was a hall paneled in white wood and with mahogany doors.
                      The Sleuth of St. James's Square
                      14
                      You waited in a drawing-room stuffed with fragile mahogany and sea-green plush.
                      Mary Olivier: a Life
                      15
                      It was hard to imagine her friend Britt in that mahogany box.
                      Watch them die
                      16
                      A moment later the land agent stood before the wide mahogany desk.
                      The Rules of the Game
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                      Translations for mahogany
                      Portuguese
                      sépialulamogno
                      Mahogany through the time
                      Mahogany across language varieties
                      Ireland
                      Common
                      United Kingdom
                      Common
                      United States of America
                      Common