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/blæk/

Line drawing of black
Coloured illustration of black
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Translation

Having the colour of the night sky, the darkest of all colours.

Word origin

From Old English blaec, meaning dark or burnt in colour.

Origin
Old English
Root
blaec

Examples

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"Black" tells us the colour of her hair.

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Here "black" describes the colour of the car.

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Here "black" is the colour of the night sky.

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This word is part of lesson 10.