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Quick definitions from WordNet (black)
▸ noun: black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning) ("The widow wore black")
▸ noun: (board games) the darker pieces
▸ noun: the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
▸ noun: a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
▸ noun: popular child actress of the 1930's (born 1927)
▸ noun: British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
▸ noun: total absence of light ("In the black of night")
▸ verb: make or become black ("The smoke blackened the ceiling")
▸ adjective: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame ("Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands- Rachel Carson")
▸ adjective: offering little or no hope ("The future looked black")
▸ adjective: (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading ("Black propaganda")
▸ adjective: harshly ironic or sinister ("Black humor")
▸ adjective: marked by anger or resentment or hostility ("Black looks")
▸ adjective: of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin ("A great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization- Martin Luther King Jr.")
▸ adjective: extremely dark ("A black moonless night")
▸ adjective: being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light ("Black leather jackets")
▸ adjective: (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood ("A face black with fury")
▸ adjective: soiled with dirt or soot ("With feet black from playing outdoors")
▸ adjective: dressed in black ("A black knight")
▸ adjective: (of coffee) without cream or sugar
▸ adjective: (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin ("The stock market crashed on Black Friday")
▸ adjective: stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable ("Black deeds")
▸ adjective: distributed or sold illicitly ("The black economy pays no taxes")
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 1587 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #149)
▸ Also see blacks
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to black
▸ Usage examples for black
▸ Idioms related to black (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing black
▸ Popular nouns described by black
▸ Words that often appear near black
▸ Rhymes of black
▸ Invented words related to black
▸ noun: black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning) ("The widow wore black")
▸ noun: (board games) the darker pieces
▸ noun: the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
▸ noun: a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
▸ noun: popular child actress of the 1930's (born 1927)
▸ noun: British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
▸ noun: total absence of light ("In the black of night")
▸ verb: make or become black ("The smoke blackened the ceiling")
▸ adjective: (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame ("Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands- Rachel Carson")
▸ adjective: offering little or no hope ("The future looked black")
▸ adjective: (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading ("Black propaganda")
▸ adjective: harshly ironic or sinister ("Black humor")
▸ adjective: marked by anger or resentment or hostility ("Black looks")
▸ adjective: of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin ("A great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization- Martin Luther King Jr.")
▸ adjective: extremely dark ("A black moonless night")
▸ adjective: being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light ("Black leather jackets")
▸ adjective: (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood ("A face black with fury")
▸ adjective: soiled with dirt or soot ("With feet black from playing outdoors")
▸ adjective: dressed in black ("A black knight")
▸ adjective: (of coffee) without cream or sugar
▸ adjective: (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin ("The stock market crashed on Black Friday")
▸ adjective: stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable ("Black deeds")
▸ adjective: distributed or sold illicitly ("The black economy pays no taxes")
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 1587 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #149)
▸ Also see blacks
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to black
▸ Usage examples for black
▸ Idioms related to black (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing black
▸ Popular nouns described by black
▸ Words that often appear near black
▸ Rhymes of black
▸ Invented words related to black