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The correct spelling is black.
How to pronounce black
/blak/
nounIPA: /blak/
Say it like: Bla-k
The correct spelling is black. The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed. For example: "At this point black makes a disastrous move."
Usage Examples
“At this point black makes a disastrous move.”
“black drinking fountain; black hospital”
“I was dealt two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
- 2.A black dye or pigment.
- 3.A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
- 4.(in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
- 5.(sometimes capitalised) A person of African, Aborigine, or Maori descent; a dark-skinned person.
verb
- 1.To make black; to blacken.
- 2.To apply blacking to (something).
- 3.To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
adjective
- 1.(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
- 2.(of a place, etc) Without light.
- 3.(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
- 4.Designated for use by those ethnic groups which have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- 5.(of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits. Compare red
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