Antonym: white. Similar words: black out, blackcurrant, for lack of, blade, blast, blank, blanket, place. Meaning: [blæk] n. 1. the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) 2. total absence of light 3. British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799) 4. popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928) 5. a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) 6. (board games) the darker pieces 7. black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning). v. make or become black. adj. 1. being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light 2. of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin 3. marked by anger or resentment or hostility 4. stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable 5. offering little or no hope 6. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin 7. (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood 8. extremely dark 9. harshly ironic or sinister 10. (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading 11. distributed or sold illicitly 12. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame 13. (of coffee) without cream or sugar 14. dressed in black 15. soiled with dirt or soot.
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2 After black clouds, clear weather.
5 Every bean has its black.
10 Her hair was tied back with a black ribbon.
11 His black hair gleamed in the sun.
12 Most of the guests will be wearing black tie.
13 I hope these black marks will clean off.
14 Gray is intermediate between black and white.
15 The black ox has trod on her foot.
16 The women have lustrous cascades of black hair.
17 Can you find Black Hill on the map?
18 The group is mainly black,[www.Sentencedict.com] mainly working-class.
19 The black crow perched on the telephone pole.
20 The pictures were in black and white.
21 The air was black from smoking chimneys.
22 Our cat has glossy black fur.
23 Tom is the black sheep of his family.
24 It was a cold, black night.
25 Those black clouds presage a storm.
26 He wore a pair of black trousers.
27 Black John was savaged by the police.
28 There was a thriving black market in foreign currency.
More similar words: black out, blackcurrant, for lack of, blade, blast, blank, blanket, place, palace, replace, in place, laconic, in place of, take place, placement, out of place, workplace, marketplace, replacement, rack, pack, back, sack, take the place of, stack, track, crack, in the first place, back of, back up.