Word Meaning

blacks definition and meaning

a. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
a. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
a. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible.
a. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
adv. Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.
n. That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black.
n. A black pigment or dye.
n. A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.
n. A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
n. Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
n. The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.
n. A stain; a spot; a smooch.
a. To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
a. To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.
n. pl. The name of a kind of in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape, and residue of the wine press.
n. pl. Soot flying in the air.
n. pl. Black garments, etc. See Black, n., 4.

Crossword clues for blacks

- A colour
- Completely dark
- Hair colour
- Inky, jet ...
- Kind of magic
- what the pot might call the kettle ...
- Without colour