Definition of "black"
- adjective
Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and colourless.
Without light.
Of or relating to any of various population groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
Bad; evil; ill-omened.
Illegitimate, illegal or disgraced.
Overcrowded.
Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
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).
Related to the Christian Democratic Union.
- noun
The colour/color perceived in the absence of light.
A black dye, pigment.
A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
Black cloth hung up at funerals.
A person of African descent, Aborigine or Maori.
The black ball.
The edge of home plate.
A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
Blackcurrant syrup (in mixed drinks, e.g. snakebite and black, cider and black).
In chess and similar games, the person playing with the black set of pieces.
- verb
To make black, to blacken.
To apply blacking to something.
To boycott something or someone, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
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