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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Writing or print.
- noun A color palette, as in photography or printmaking, employing only black and white or black, white, and values of gray.
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- noun US, slang, law enforcement A 1970s police
patrol car . - noun A type of giant cookie (about 8 inches diameter) with icing on the top side: half white, half dark chocolate.
- adjective imaging Representing colours with pure black and white tones or with shades of
gray . - adjective figuratively Easily divided into diametrically opposing
camps orschools of thought .
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- adjective not having or not capable of producing colors
- noun communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)
- noun a black-and-white photograph or slide
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