Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Deep black.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of the deepest black; black as jet.
  • noun A deep black color; specifically, an acid coal-tar color of the disazo type, derived from disulpho-azo-benzene-alpha-naphthylamine. It dyes wool a deep bluish black in a mildly acid or neutral bath.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Black as jet; deep black. See first jet.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun coal-black; the blackest black
  • adjective coal-black; of the blackest black

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a very dark black
  • adjective of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From jet.]

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Examples

  • You can't help but connect to the natural beauty, like a jet-black nighttime sky filled with innumerable stars.

    Marcia G. Yerman: Nature Lessons From Vermont Marcia G. Yerman 2011

  • He was as tall as Raziel, with jet-black hair, cold blue eyes, and a merciless expression on his face.

    Raziel Kristine Douglas 2011

  • I noticed that the woman had two big orange circles painted on each cheek, thick blue eye shadow, and very few teeth; above her real eyebrows she had painted two jet-black fake ones.

    The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

  • You can't help but connect to the natural beauty, like a jet-black nighttime sky filled with innumerable stars.

    Marcia G. Yerman: Nature Lessons From Vermont Marcia G. Yerman 2011

  • Her long, straight, jet-black hair, rested on her shoulders, blended in with her tight black t-shirt.

    Kalia N. Baker: The Scholar and the Stripper Kalia N. Baker 2011

  • There she is—olive skin, jet-black hair, red lipstick, carrying white daisies.

    Soul Trapper F. J. Lennon 2011

  • Her pantherine slink, jet-black hair and gap teeth have perhaps branded her as an ultimate femme fatale.

    Repertory Film: No-Holds-Barred Cinema Steve Dollar 2012

  • But the iconic Bettie, with her jet-black hair cut in those trademark bangs, would keep her mystique.

    A Revealing Pin-Up's Story Steve Dollar 2011

  • My fingers pushed into the jet-black waves of his hair, scrubbing over sand still on his scalp.

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • Her long, straight, jet-black hair, rested on her shoulders, blended in with her tight black t-shirt.

    Kalia N. Baker: The Scholar and the Stripper Kalia N. Baker 2011

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