black
black/blak/
adjective
- of the very darkest color owing to the absence of or complete absorption of light; the opposite of white."black smoke"synonyms: dark, pitch black, as black as pitch, pitch-dark, jet black, inky, coal black, blackish, sable, Stygian
- belonging to or denoting a human group having dark-colored skin, especially of sub-Saharan African ancestry."the entire cast is Black"
- (of a period of time or situation) characterized by tragic or disastrous events; causing despair or pessimism."five thousand men were killed on the blackest day of the war"synonyms: tragic, disastrous, calamitous, catastrophic, cataclysmic, ruinous, devastating, fatal, fateful, wretched, woeful, grievous, lamentable, miserable, dire, unfortunate, awful, terrible, direful
- denoting a covert military procedure."clearance for black operations came from the highest political level"
noun
- black color or pigment."a tray decorated in black and green"
- a member of a human group having dark-colored skin, especially one of sub-Saharan African ancestry.
- the situation of not owing money to a bank or of making a profit in a business operation."I managed to break even in the first six months—quite a short time for a small business to get into the black"synonyms: in credit, in funds, debt-free, out of debt, solvent, financially sound, able to pay one's debts, creditworthy, of good financial standing, solid, secure, profit-making, profitable, unindebted
verb
- make (something) black; blacken."the house was pocked with bullet holes and blacked by smoke"synonyms: blacken, darken, dirty, make dirty, make sooty, make smoky, stain, grime, begrime, befoul, soil
- refuse to handle (goods), undertake (work), or have dealings with (a person or business) as a way of taking industrial action."the union blacked the film because overtime was not being paid"synonyms: boycott, embargo, put/place an embargo on, blacklist, ban, bar, proscribe
Black
Color
Black is a color that results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Wikipedia
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Black is a color that results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey.
4 days ago · The meaning of BLACK is having the very dark color of the night sky or the eye's pupil : of the color black. How to use black in a sentence.
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Black is a racialized classification of people, usually a political and skin color-based category for specific populations with a mid- to dark brown ...
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adjective · being a color that lacks hue and brightness and absorbs light without reflecting any of the rays composing it: · characterized by absence of light; ...
black adjective (SAD OR BAD). without hope, very bad, or sad: The blackest time of all was when his eyes failed.
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