Jet-black

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Coal-black; the blackest black. uncountable
Adjective
  1. 1
    Pitch-black; of the blackest black.

    "Year after year unto her feet, / She lying on her couch alone, / Across the purpled coverlet, / The maiden's jet-black hair has grown, […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal wordnet

Synonyms

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black colorcoal-blackjetpitch-darkpitchysooty

Example

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"The black angel spread those jet-black wings wide and flew up into the sky."

Etymology

From jet + black.

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