Ivory
Ivory noun - A hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses.
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Synonyms for Ivory
Likeness and ivory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Likeness" instead a noun "Ivory".
Nearby Word: Ivorian
Both words in one sentence
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Pygmalion, his offering given, prayed Before the altar, half afraid, "Vouchsafe, O Gods, if all things you can grant, my bride Shall be"—he dared not say my ivory girl— "The living likeness of my ivory girl."
Source: Pygmalion Plot -
Eventually, after making an offering to Aphrodite on her festival day and wishing for a bride who would be "the living likeness of my ivory girl" (as Ovid's version says), she took pity on him and made her human.
Source: Pinocchio Syndrome
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Likeness and Ivory. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ivory/likeness
Ivory & Likeness. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ivory/likeness>.
Likeness or Ivory. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ivory/likeness.
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