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black (blæk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | Compare white of the colour of jet or carbon black, having no hue due to the absorption of all or nearly all incident light |
| 2. | without light; completely dark |
| 3. | without hope or alleviation; gloomy: the future looked black |
| 4. | very dirty or soiled: black factory chimneys |
| 5. | angry or resentful: she gave him black looks |
| 6. | (of a play or other work) dealing with the unpleasant realities of life, esp in a pessimistic or macabre manner: black comedy |
| 7. | (of coffee or tea) without milk or cream |
| 8. | causing, resulting from, or showing great misfortune: black areas of unemployment |
| 9. | a. wicked or harmful: a black lie |
| b. (in combination): black-hearted | |
| 10. | causing or deserving dishonour or censure: a black crime |
| 11. | (of the face) purple, as from suffocation |
| 12. | (Brit) (of goods, jobs, works, etc) being subject to boycott by trade unionists, esp in support of industrial action elsewhere |
| —n | |
| 13. | a black colour |
| 14. | a dye or pigment of or producing this colour |
| 15. | black clothing, worn esp as a sign of mourning |
| 16. | chess, draughts |
| a. a black or dark-coloured piece or square | |
| b. (usually capital) the player playing with such pieces | |
| 17. | complete darkness: the black of the night |
| 18. | a black ball in snooker, etc |
| 19. | (in roulette and other gambling games) one of two colours on which players may place even bets, the other being red |
| 20. | in the black in credit or without debt |
| 21. | archery a black ring on a target, between the outer and the blue, scoring three points |
| —vb | |
| 22. | another word for blacken |
| 23. | (tr) to polish (shoes, etc) with blacking |
| 24. | (tr) to bruise so as to make black: he blacked her eye |
| 25. | (Brit), (Austral), (NZ) (tr) (of trade unionists) to organize a boycott of (specified goods, jobs, work, etc), esp in support of industrial action elsewhere |
| [Old English blæc; related to Old Saxon blak ink, Old High German blakra to blink] | |
| 'blackish | |
| —adj | |
| 'blackishly | |
| —adv | |
| 'blackly | |
| —adv | |
| 'blackness | |
| —n | |
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Blackness
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