Definition of "mahogany" in English

noun

1. (uncountable) The valuable wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture.

2. (countable) Any of the trees from which such wood comes.

3. (countable)(by extension) Any of various trees which resemble those of the genus Swietenia.

4. (regional) A Cornish drink made from gin and treacle.

   • William Murdoch […] produced a bottle of port; but I chose mahogany (two parts gin and one part treacle, which Lord Eliot made us at Sir Joshua Reynolds's as a Cornish liquor, but it seems they make it also with brandy, and often add porter to it).
   • 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!

5. A reddish-brown color, like that of mahogany wood.

6. (obsolete, colloquial) A table made from mahogany wood; a dining table.

adjective

1. Made of mahogany.

2. Having the colour of mahogany; dark reddish-brown.