Black (IPA: /ˈbɫæk/)
| Black (a.) |
Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes. |
| Black (a.) |
In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds. |
| Black (a.) |
Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. |
| Black (a.) |
Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks. |
| Black (adv.) |
Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness. |
| Black (n.) |
That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black. |
| Black (n.) |
A black pigment or dye. |
| Black (n.) |
A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races. |
| Black (n.) |
A black garment or dress; as, she wears black |
| Black (n.) |
Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery. |
| Black (n.) |
The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black. |
| Black (n.) |
A stain; a spot; a smooch. |
| Black (a.) |
To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully. |
| Black (a.) |
To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush. |
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The art practiced by conjurers and witches; necromancy; conjuration; magic. |
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An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus Micropterus. the small-mouthed kind is M. dolomiei; the large-mouthed is M. salmoides. |
| Black () |
The sea bass. See Blackfish, 3. |
| Black () |
One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes; -- so called either from the color of the binding, or from the character of the contents. |
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A book compiled in the twelfth century, containing a description of the court of exchequer of England, an official statement of the revenues of the crown, etc. |
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A book containing details of the enormities practiced in the English monasteries and religious houses, compiled by order of their visitors under Henry VIII., to hasten their dissolution. |
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A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III. |
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A book kept for the purpose of registering the names of persons liable to censure or punishment, as in the English universities, or the English armies. |
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Any book which treats of necromancy. |
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A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century. |
| Black () |
A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine. |
| Black |
Darkest color, resulting from the absence or complete absorption of light. Like white and grey, it is an achromatic color, literally a color without hue |
| Black |
Eye color |
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Town in Alabama, United States |
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British singer-songwriter born Colin Vearncombe |
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2005 film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali |
| Black Synonyms |
Negroid, Negro, Dark-skinned, Non-white, Afro-American, Colored, Dark, Coloured, African-American |
| Black Synonyms |
Angry |
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Colored, Coloured, Colorful, Blackened |
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Bleak, Dim, Hopeless |
| Black Synonyms |
Illegal, Smuggled, Bootleg, Black-market, Contraband |
| Black Synonyms |
Calamitous, Fatal, Disastrous, Unfortunate, Fateful |
| Black Synonyms |
Clad, Clothed |
| Black Synonyms |
Covert |
| Black Synonyms |
Evil, Dark, Sinister |
| Black Synonyms |
Dark |
| Black Synonyms |
Opprobrious, Dishonourable, Inglorious, Shameful, Disgraceful, Ignominious, Dishonorable |
| Black Synonyms |
Grim, Sarcastic, Mordant |
| Black Synonyms |
Dark, Pitch-black, Pitch-dark |
| Black Synonyms |
Smutty, Unclean, Soiled, Dirty |
| Black Synonyms |
Undiluted |
| Black Synonyms |
Black, Joseph Black |
| Black Synonyms |
Shirley Temple, Black, Shirley Temple Black |
| Black Synonyms |
Negro, Black, Black Person, Blackamoor, Negroid |
| Black Synonyms |
Blackness, Inkiness |
| Black Synonyms |
Lightlessness, Pitch Blackness, Blackness, Total Darkness |
| Black Synonyms |
Blacken, Melanise, Nigrify, Melanize |
| BLACK (Acronym / Abbreviation) |
Black Leather At Cooking Kates |
Black Rhymes
