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/blak/ · black
noun
- The colour perceived in the absence of light, when no light is reflected but is absorbed. The night sky was a deep black, swallowing the stars.
- A black dye or pigment. Artists often keep a tube of black pigment on their palette for shading.
- A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment. She reached for a black to sketch the outline of the portrait.
verb
- To make black; to blacken. He blacked the wooden fence with a fresh coat of paint.
- To apply blacking to something. The cobbler blacked the leather boots to restore their shine.
- To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute. The workers blacked the company’s products until their demands were met.
adjective
- (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless. The black marble countertop gleamed under the showroom lights.
- (of a place, etc.) Without light. They entered a black tunnel that seemed to swallow sound.
- (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin. She wrote a compelling essay on Black literature in the United States.
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Did you know? The word 'black' gave rise to the phrase 'black market', originally describing illicit trade that operated in the shadows of society.