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The correct spelling is blacks.
How to pronounce blacks
noun
IPA: /blæks/
Say it like: Bla-ks
The correct spelling is blacks. 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.”
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.
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