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Coal black

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of an intensely black colour, like that of coal. not-comparable

    "Thor glared at him with hard coal-black eyes […]"

Noun
  1. 1
    A black colour, like that of coal; charcoal.
  2. 2
    a very dark black wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English colblak, colblake, cole-blak, cole-blake, coleblacke, colle blake, from the phrase blak as cole (“black as coal”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English colblak, colblake, cole-blak, cole-blake, coleblacke, colle blake, from the phrase blak as cole (“black as coal”).

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