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Word entry · 5 letters

black

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"Coal color"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /blæk/Part of speech adjective, verb, nounSorted abcklStarts with BEnds with K6 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. The darkest color, with little or no reflected light.

Word origin

From Middle English blak, black, blake, from Old English blæc (“black, dark", also "ink”), from Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blakaz (“burnt”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleg- (“to burn, shine”).

Used in a sentence

  • The items around him were black in colour.
  • Speaking of round sunglasses, these lightweight polarized ones and come in two shades of tortoiseshell as well as black and bronze.
  • Somebody tell me, what can I do / Something is holding me back / Is it because I'm black?

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues

01Coal color5 letters
02Color of coal5 letters
03Ink color5 letters
04Ink color, often5 letters
05Very dark color5 letters
06Darkest color5 letters

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