black
b lak
- n the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- n total absence of light
in the black of night - n British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
- n popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
- n a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
- n (board games) the darker pieces
- n black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
the widow wore black - v make or become black
The smoke blackened the ceiling
The ceiling blackened - a being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
black leather jackets
as black as coal
rich black soil - a 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. - s marked by anger or resentment or hostility
black looks
black words - s offering little or no hope
the future looked black - s stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
black deeds
a black lie
his black heart has concocted yet another black deed - s (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- s (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
a face black with fury - s extremely dark
a black moonless night
through the pitch-black woods - s harshly ironic or sinister
black humor - s (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
black propaganda - s distributed or sold illicitly
the black economy pays no taxes - s (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 - s (of coffee) without cream or sugar
- s soiled with dirt or soot
with feet black from playing outdoors
his shirt was black within an hour
- Eve Black was fully conscious of what Eve White was doing all the time, but Eve White knew nothing of Eve Blackuntil she came out of a blackout to find her closet full of low .
- Computer hooks a drug ring "Black tuna, black tuna," crackled the clandestine radio.
- RACES Black Expo in Chicago Black Expo was billed as the largest gathering of black businessmen in history.