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black

US /blæk/

adjective Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

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

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Employees are asked to wear black shoes with the company uniform.

Word Family

NounNoun
black gốc blackness
VerbVerb
black gốc
AdjectiveAdj
black gốc
AdverbAdv
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Synonyms

  • darkabsence of light or illumination

Collocations

  • Easy black coffee
    to black coffee, meaning to make or become black
  • Medium black and white copy
    to black and white copy, meaning to make or become black
  • Hard in the black
    indicating a state, position, or relationship within the black
  • Very Hard black sheep of the family
    to black sheep of the family, meaning to make or become black

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