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      black
      noun
      (countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
      (countable and uncountable) A black dye or pigment.
      (countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
      (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
      (countable, sometimes capitalised, often offensive) A member or descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
      (uncountable, informal) Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups.
      (countable, billiards, snooker, pool) The black ball.
      (countable, baseball) The edge of home plate.
      (countable, British) A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
      (chiefly UK) Blackcurrant as syrup or crème de cassis used for cocktails.
      (countable, chess) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
      (countable) Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
      A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
      (US, slang) Marijuana.
      A surname transferred from the nickname.
      A number of places in the United States:
      (chess) The player moving the black pieces.
      A town in Geneva County, Alabama.
      An unincorporated community in Edwards County, Illinois.
      A township in Posey County, Indiana; from the surname.
      An unincorporated community in Reynolds County, Missouri.
      A township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania; from the surname.
      An unincorporated community in Mercer County and Wyoming County, West Virginia.
      (countable, informal) Ellipsis of blackcurrant. [A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.]
      Alternative letter-case form of black (“person having dark pigmentation of the skin”). [(countable and uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.]
      (obsolete, countable) A stain; a spot.
      verb
      (transitive) To make black; to blacken.
      (transitive) To apply blacking to (something).
      (British, transitive) To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
      adjective
      (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
      (of a location or setting) Without light.
      (sometimes capitalized) 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.)
      (US, UK, South Africa) Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
      (card games, of a card) Of the spades or clubs suits.
      Bad; evil; ill-omened.
      Expressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen.
      (of objects or markets) Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced.
      Foul; dirty, soiled.
      (Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.
      (of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk, or creamer.
      (board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess, the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).
      (typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color.
      (politics) Of or pertaining to anarchism; anarchist.
      (German politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
      Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
      Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
      (Ireland, now derogatory) Protestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic. (Compare blackmouth ("Presbyterian").)
      Having one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc.) that is dark (or black).
      (taxonomy, especially) Dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.
      (Singapore, Singlish, of someone's face) Sullen and solemn; bad-tempered and unhappy.
      Alternative letter-case form of black (“of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin”). [(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.]
      (chiefly historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).
      Synonyms for black
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      Words related to black
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