mahogany UK /məˈhɒɡəni/US /məˈhɑɡəni/noun 6adjective 2forms 3phrases 2 noun6 •The valuable wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture.In 2003, at Neal Auction Company in New Orleans, an 1810s mahogany armoire inlaid with ribbons and vines brought $140,000 (the presale estimate was $30,000 to $50,000). — 2010 •A reddish-brown color, like that of mahogany wood.Better she, my dear, than a black Mrs. Sedley, and a dozen of mahogany grandchildren. — 1847 •Any of the trees from which such wood comes. •(by extension) Any of various kinds of trees, the timber of which resembles that of trees the genus Swietenia. •A Cornish drink made from gin and treacle.Next day, the fish was 'scrowled' on a gridiron over the fire and eaten with 'mahogany', a powerful mixture of black treacle and gin, a favourite tipple of Cornish fishermen for keeping out the cold! — 2006 •(informal, no longer used) A table made from mahogany wood; a dining table.Poets eat and drink without stint — and seldom at their own cost — for what man of mark or likelihood in the moneyed world is there, who is not eager to get their legs under his mahogany? — 1842 adjective2 •Made of mahogany. •Having the colour of mahogany; dark reddish-brown. formsmahoganies · more mahogany · most mahogany Phrases with mahogany put one's legs under someone's mahoganyTo dine with someone. under the mahoganyDrunk, intoxicated.
