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The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
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A black dye or pigment.
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A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
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(in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
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(sometimes capitalised) A person of African, Aborigine, or Maori descent; a dark-skinned person.
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Blackness, the condition of having dark skin.
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The black ball.
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The edge of home plate.
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A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
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Blackcurrant syrup (in mixed drinks, e.g. snakebite and black, cider and black).
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(in chess and similar games) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
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At this point black makes a disastrous move.
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Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
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A stain; a spot.
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A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
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Marijuana.