black
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noun
The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
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A black dye or pigment.
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A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
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(in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
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(sometimes capitalised) A person of African, Aborigine, or Maori descent; a dark-skinned person.
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Blackness, the condition of having dark skin.
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The black ball.
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The edge of home plate.
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A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
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Blackcurrant syrup (in mixed drinks, e.g. snakebite and black, cider and black).
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(in chess and similar games) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
"At this point black makes a disastrous move."
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Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
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A stain; a spot.
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A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
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Marijuana.
verb
To make black; to blacken.
verb
To apply blacking to (something).
verb
To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
adjective
(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
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(of a place, etc) Without light.
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(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
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Designated for use by those ethnic groups which have dark pigmentation of the skin.
"black drinking fountain; black hospital"
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(of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits. Compare red
"I was dealt two red queens, and he got one of the black queens."
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Bad; evil; ill-omened.
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Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen.
"He shot her a black look."
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(of objects, markets, etc) Illegitimate, illegal or disgraced.
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Overcrowded.
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(of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk or creamer.
"Jim drinks his coffee black, but Ellen prefers it with creamer."
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Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).
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Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color. Compare white.
adjective
Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
"After the election, the parties united in a black-yellow alliance."
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Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
"5 percent of the Defense Department funding will go to black projects."
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Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
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Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic
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Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc) that is dark (or black); in taxonomy, especially: dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.
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Foul; dirty.