Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mahogany
3 senses of mahogany
Sense 1
mahogany -- (wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture)
=> wood -- (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)
Sense 2
mahogany, mahogany tree -- (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)
=> tree -- (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Sense 3
reddish brown, sepia, burnt sienna, Venetian red, mahogany -- (a shade of brown with a tinge of red)
=> brown, brownness -- (an orange of low brightness and saturation)