black
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1.0
- noun
- /blæk/
:
negro
- Many times, procedures were performed in the pitch black of night on the Pacific Ocean.
- the color black
- paint with black
- add black
So the blue goes over here and the black goes here.
- So the blue goes over here and the black goes here.
- I mean, if you ever see black on the wall, get out.
- And finally, just this is the black of the black and there it is.
Examples
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But lately I have had some good fortune and I'm back in the black.
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In those five years, I read every book in the black school library.
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It's just a black screen and you can post a black screen with your words.
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It's going to keep our school in the black for quite some time.
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Their bodies have turned jet black in the heat of the sun.
Fiction book (1992) -
I'm an attorney and I wear a black suit with a black tie.
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Did you ever notice when you look up at the sky and keep watching it long enough, its color seems to change from a black to a brilliant blue?
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The car shimmied; the road out paved a licorice black now, soft as skin.
Fiction book (1990) -
The room was painted black, creating a feeling of complete darkness.
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He wore a black coat that blended into the shadows at night.
Synonyms
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3.4
A place with no light at all
12
3.2
Completely dark with no light at all
11
1.0
A deep, strong color often used in cloth or paint
8
3.5
A situation with no light at all
8
3.4
Completely dark with no light
4
3.9
A very dark black color like deep night
4
3.6
Very dark color that is black with a blue shine
3
3.9
Very black like coal or a dark night
1
2.8
A very dark colour like shiny coal
1
3.2
Very dark black like raven feathers in the sun
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3.1
A dark color that is black with a little grey
1
2.8
Very dark like the color of coal
1
3.7
A very dark color like black with a slight hint of blue
1
3.5
A dark black color with a slight brown tone
1
3.2
A very dark brown color with a hint of black
Complete darkness with no light at all
Complete darkness with no light at all
Complete darkness so you cannot see anything
Very black in color like dust left by a fire
A very deep black color or darkness like a night with no light
A black color with a faint purple tint
A very dark color that looks like black with a little grey
Antonyms
Idioms
A sign that dark clouds are coming and rain may fall, or a joke that things only seem bad
Compounds
- Specialized
162
5.1
An area of space with gravity so strong that not even light can escape it
27
4.9
A group of Black American activists in the 1960s who fought police abuse and fought for equal rights
- Specialized
26
4.9
A device on an airplane that records flight information and pilot voices
24
3.5
A very skilled person in martial arts like karate or judo who wears a dark band at the waist
17
5.5
A thing, like a failing project, that uses a lot of time or money and gives nothing back
14
6.0
A member of the Black Panther Party who fought for equal rights for African Americans in the 1960s
- Formal
12
3.7
A formal evening dress code for men that requires a black jacket and bow tie
- US
12
5.6
A venomous spider from the Americas whose female is black with a red hourglass on the underside of its body
9
3.3
A sea between southeastern Europe and western Asia that borders countries like Turkey and Ukraine
- Specialized
7
3.9
A system whose inner parts are hidden so you only see what goes in and what comes out
6
4.1
A fictional king and superhero from Marvel who uses advanced technology to protect his people
- Specialized
5
6.7
A lung disease from breathing coal dust for a long time that often affects miners
- US
5
5.8
A person who follows the Nation of Islam, a religious group among African Americans in the United States
4
6.4
A severe disease in the Middle Ages that spread across Europe and killed millions
- Literature
3
6.3
A play or film that makes serious subjects, especially taboo ones, seem funny
3
4.9
A range of mountains in South Dakota and Wyoming, home to Mount Rushmore and sacred to the Sioux
- NSFW
3
9.9
A Palestinian armed group that carried out attacks in other countries in the early 1970s
- Specialized
2
8.5
An object that absorbs all light and other kinds of radiation that hit it
- Specialized
1
3.8
A person with advanced Six Sigma training who leads projects to improve how a company works
- Specialized
1
3.7
A serious lung illness caused by breathing coal dust over many years, often in miners
- Jargon
1
8.4
A secret action that hides who did it, often for political or military reasons
How Dark
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word black began as the name for things that were 'burned' or very dark, and so it also came to mean the deep 'darkness' when there is almost no light.