BLACK


Meaning of BLACK in English

adj. , noun

ADVERB

▪ very

The sky looks very ~.

▪ all , completely , entirely

His hands were all ~ from messing with the car.

▪ almost , nearly

ADJECTIVE

▪ deep , jet , pitch (used about the night)

She had beautiful jet-black hair.

It was pitch-black outside.

Black is used with these nouns: ↑ applicant , ↑ background , ↑ beer , ↑ bread , ↑ bruise , ↑ cherry , ↑ cloak , ↑ cloud , ↑ coffee , ↑ comedy , ↑ community , ↑ consciousness , ↑ crow , ↑ culture , ↑ depression , ↑ depth , ↑ despair , ↑ dialect , ↑ economy , ↑ elite , ↑ English , ↑ enrolment , ↑ eyelash , ↑ feminism , ↑ feminist , ↑ fingernail , ↑ folk , ↑ grape , ↑ guy , ↑ hair , ↑ horse , ↑ humour , ↑ ice , ↑ identity , ↑ ink , ↑ jeans , ↑ key , ↑ leather , ↑ limousine , ↑ look , ↑ magic , ↑ majority , ↑ make-up , ↑ male , ↑ man , ↑ mane , ↑ market , ↑ mascara , ↑ minority , ↑ mood , ↑ mud , ↑ music , ↑ nail polish , ↑ nationalism , ↑ nationalist , ↑ neighbourhood , ↑ night , ↑ oppression , ↑ people , ↑ pepper , ↑ person , ↑ pit , ↑ population , ↑ rat , ↑ representation , ↑ ring , ↑ sand , ↑ shadow , ↑ shape , ↑ silhouette , ↑ skin , ↑ sky , ↑ slime , ↑ smoke , ↑ suburb , ↑ swan , ↑ tea , ↑ thought , ↑ tie , ↑ tights , ↑ veil , ↑ void , ↑ vote , ↑ voter , ↑ worker , ↑ writer , ↑ youth

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .