Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Deep black.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
- Of the deepest black; black as jet.
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
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Examples
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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
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He was as tall as Raziel, with jet-black hair, cold blue eyes, and a merciless expression on his face.
Raziel Kristine Douglas 2011
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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
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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
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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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There she is—olive skin, jet-black hair, red lipstick, carrying white daisies.
Soul Trapper F. J. Lennon 2011
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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
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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
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My fingers pushed into the jet-black waves of his hair, scrubbing over sand still on his scalp.
Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011
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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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