black
Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
Adjective 4 meanings
Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
“The items around him were black in colour.”
Without light.
Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)
Of the spades or clubs suits.
“I was dealt two red queens, and he got one of the black queens.”
Noun 4 meanings
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.
Verb 3 meanings
To make black; to blacken.
To apply blacking to (something).
To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
Etymology
From Middle English blak, black, blake, from Old English blæc (“black, dark", also "ink”), from Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blakaz (“burnt”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleg- (“to burn, shine”).
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BLACK at a glance
BLACK has 5 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (B 3 + L 1 + A 1 + C 3 + K 5) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #306 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with black
All rhymes- BACK12
- ATTACK12
- TRACK11
- LACK10
- JACK17
- PACK12
- CRACK13
- FEEDBACK20
- COMEBACK20
- HACK13
- STACK11
- QUARTERBACK28
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