Black vs. Ebony

Blackadjective

(of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.

Blackadjective

(of a place, etc) Without light.

Blackadjective

(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.

Blackadjective

Designated for use by those ethnic groups which have dark pigmentation of the skin.

Blackadjective

Of the spades or clubs suits. Compare of the hearts or diamonds suit

Blackadjective

Bad; evil; ill-omened.

Blackadjective

Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen.

Blackadjective

Illegitimate, illegal or disgraced.

Blackadjective

Overcrowded.

Blackadjective

(of coffee or tea) Without any cream, milk, or creamer.

Blackadjective

Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess the set used by the player who moves second) often regardless of the pieces' actual colour.

Blackadjective

(typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color. Compare said of a character or symbol outline, not filled with color.

Blackadjective

(politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.

Blackadjective

Relating to an initiative whose existence or exact nature must remain withheld from the general public.

Blackadjective

Used in the vernacular name of a species to indicate that it has one or more features that is black or dark, especially in comparison to another species with the same base name.

Blacknoun

The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.

Blacknoun

A black dye or pigment.

Blacknoun

(countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.

Blacknoun

(in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.

Blacknoun

A person of African, Aborigine, or Maori descent; a dark-skinned person.

Blacknoun

The black ball.

Blacknoun

The edge of home plate

Blacknoun

A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.

Blacknoun

Blackcurrant syrup (in mixed drinks, e.g. snakebite and black, cider and black).

Blacknoun

The person playing with the black set of pieces.

Blacknoun

(countable) Part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.

Blacknoun

A stain; a spot.

Blackverb

To make black, to blacken.

Blackverb

To apply blacking to something.

Blackverb

(British) To boycott something or someone, usually as part of an industrial dispute.

Blackadjective

Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.

Blackadjective

In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.

Blackadjective

Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness; destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked; cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible.

Blackadjective

Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen; foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.

Blackadverb

Sullenly; threateningly; maliciously; so as to produce blackness.

Blacknoun

That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black.

Blacknoun

A black pigment or dye.

Blacknoun

A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.

Blacknoun

A black garment or dress; as, she wears black

Blacknoun

The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black.

Blacknoun

A stain; a spot; a smooch.

Blackverb

To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.

Blackverb

To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.

Blacknoun

the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

Blacknoun

total absence of light;

Blacknoun

British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)

Blacknoun

popular child actress of the 1930's (born 1927)

Blacknoun

a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)

Blacknoun

(board games) the darker pieces

Blacknoun

black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning);

Blackverb

make or become black;

Blackadjective

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light;

Blackadjective

of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin;

Blackadjective

marked by anger or resentment or hostility;

Blackadjective

stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable;

Blackadjective

offering little or no hope;

Blackadjective

(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin;

Blackadjective

(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood;

Blackadjective

extremely dark;

Blackadjective

harshly ironic or sinister;

Blackadjective

(of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading;

Blackadjective

distributed or sold illicitly;

Blackadjective

(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame;

Blackadjective

(of coffee) without cream or sugar

Blackadjective

dressed in black;

Blackadjective

soiled with dirt or soot;

Blackadjective

of the very darkest colour owing to the absence of or complete absorption of light; the opposite of white

Blackadjective

(of the sky or night) completely dark owing to the sun, moon, or stars not being visible

Blackadjective

deeply stained with dirt

Blackadjective

(of a plant or animal) dark in colour as distinguished from a lighter variety

Blackadjective

(of coffee or tea) served without milk

Blackadjective

of or denoting the suits spades and clubs in a pack of cards.

Blackadjective

(of a ski run) of the highest level of difficulty, as indicated by black markers positioned along it.

Blackadjective

belonging to or denoting any human group having dark-coloured skin, especially of African or Australian Aboriginal ancestry

Blackadjective

relating to black people

Blackadjective

characterized by tragic or disastrous events; causing despair or pessimism

Blackadjective

(of a person's state of mind) full of gloom or misery; very depressed

Blackadjective

(of humour) presenting tragic or harrowing situations in comic terms

Blackadjective

full of anger or hatred

Blackadjective

very evil or wicked

Blackadjective

denoting a covert military procedure

Blackadjective

(of goods or work) not to be handled or undertaken by trade union members, especially so as to express support for an industrial dispute elsewhere

Blacknoun

black colour or pigment

Blacknoun

black clothes or material, typically worn as a sign of mourning

Blacknoun

darkness, especially of night or an overcast sky

Blacknoun

the player of the black pieces in chess or draughts

Blacknoun

a black thing, in particular the black ball in snooker.

Blacknoun

a member of a dark-skinned people, especially one of African or Australian Aboriginal ancestry

Blacknoun

the situation of not owing money to a bank or of making a profit in a business operation

Blacknoun

blackcurrant cordial

Blackverb

make (something) black, especially with polish

Blackverb

make (one's face and other visible parts) black with polish or make-up so as not to be seen at night or to play the role of a black person in a play or film

Blackverb

refuse to handle (goods), undertake (work), or have dealings with (a person or business) as a way of taking industrial action

Black

Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and gray.

Ebonynoun

(uncountable) A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.

Ebonynoun

(countable) A tree that yields such wood.

Ebonynoun

A deep, dark black colour.

Ebonynoun

A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument

Ebonyadjective

Made of ebony wood.

Ebonyadjective

A deep, dark black colour.

Ebonyadjective

Dark-skinned; black; especially in reference to African-Americans.

Ebonynoun

A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green.

Ebonyadjective

Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony countenance.

Ebonynoun

a very dark black

Ebonynoun

hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys

Ebonynoun

tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork

Ebonyadjective

very dark black

Ebonynoun

heavy blackish or very dark brown timber from a mainly tropical tree.

Ebonynoun

a very dark brown or black colour

Ebonynoun

a tree of tropical and warm-temperate regions which produces ebony.

Ebonynoun

used in names of trees of other families which produce timber similar to ebony, e.g. Jamaican (or American) ebony.

Ebony

Ebony is a dense black/brown hardwood, most commonly yielded by several species in the genus Diospyros, which also contains the persimmons. Ebony is dense enough to sink in water.