1. ivory - Noun
2. ivory - Adjective
3. Ivory - Proper noun
The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure. It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or utility.
The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc.
Any carving executed in ivory.
Teeth; as, to show one's ivories.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhen they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter. Logan Pearsall Smith
I don't want to live in an ivory tower, being the songwriter who just turns inward. Billie Joe Armstrong
They say he's an intelligent man, right? Speaks five languages! I've got a 15-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast who speaks five languages! Alex Ferguson
There is no ivory in the mouth of a dog. Vietnamese Proverb
When wood breaks it can be repaired, but ivory breaks forever. Yoruba Proverb
The one who buries ivory is the one to dig it up. Swahili Proverb