black
/blæk/ noun C2- The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
- A black dye or pigment.
- A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
- Black cloth hung up at funerals.
- A member or descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups. · black don't crack
- The black ball.
- The edge of home plate.
Plural blacks
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Its legs were quite as long as the tiger had said, and its body covered with coarse black hair.
In age he was rather younger than Douglas—forty-five at the most—a tall, straight, broad-chested fellow with a clean-shaved, prize-fighter face, thick, strong, black eyebrows, and a pair of masterful black eyes which might, even without the aid of his very capable hands, clear a way for him through a hostile crowd.
“Look round you then.” Dantès rose and looked forward, when he saw rise within a hundred yards of him the black and frowning rock on which stands the Château d’If.
As Edmond paused, the black and bearded head of Caderousse appeared at the door.
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