black
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1.4
- noun
- /blæk/
:
ropa de luto
- CUT TO: In the streets, a procession of women dressed in black progresses slowly along.
She came to the funeral all black mourning.
- She came to the funeral all black mourning.
Examples
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Charlene sits, shell-shocked, dressed in black with white face and red lipstick.
Fiction book (1995) -
The loose fitting plain black clothing draping from her shoulders to her toes suggested the modesty of a nun.
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There was an old woman dressed in black lying on the bed with her shoes on.
Fiction book (1996) -
I saw people dressed in black entering the radio station.
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And so many individuals are wearing these black robes.
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I began, wanting to remind him that the city was draped in black for the old king's death.
Fiction book (2001) -
His mother, shrouded in black for the death of an aunt, was weeping.
Fiction book (1999) -
The mourners appeared at the funeral, all dressed in black, honoring their loved one.
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She wore black as a symbol of mourning during the memorial ceremony.
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At the wake, many guests arrived in black to pay their respects.
Synonyms
1
9.9
Black clothes that a widow wears to show mourning
1
9.9
Black clothes a woman wears after her husband dies to show she is mourning
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word black for mourning clothes comes from the long habit of wearing the dark color to show grief and seriousness, so putting on black signals loss.