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black

[blak] / blæk /
ADJECTIVE
lacking hue and brightness; light-absorbing.
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ADJECTIVE
enveloped in darkness
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Example Sentences

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With blonde horizontal stripes dyed into her black hair and a piercing in her upper lip, the 20-year-old Liu is putting an alternative spin on figure skating.

From Los Angeles Times

“I had long, black hair. Losing that wasn’t bad. But I lost the hair on my face — my eyebrows, my eyelashes — that was hard. But I always knew it just had to be.”

From Los Angeles Times

Men dig in flip‑flops through dense black earth, "cow dung", as a young girl sitting on full sacks calls it.

From Barron's

It is all white with black racing numbers on the doors and hood and a simple interior.

From The Wall Street Journal

Looking closely, I spied a thin black outline between the car and the building, a sliver of the car’s original background.

From Los Angeles Times