Definitions
1.AdjectiveAbsorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless."The items around him were black in colour."
2.AdjectiveWithout light.
3.AdjectiveBelonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
4.AdjectiveBelonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
5.AdjectiveDesignated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above)."black drinking fountain; black hospital"
6.AdjectiveOf the spades or clubs suits."I was dealt two red queens, and he got one of the black queens."
7.AdjectiveBad; evil; ill-omened."black magic"
8.AdjectiveExpressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen."He shot her a black look."
9.AdjectiveIllegitimate, illegal, or disgraced.
10.AdjectiveFoul; dirty, soiled.
11.AdjectiveOvercrowded.
12.AdjectiveWithout any cream, milk, or creamer."Jim drinks his coffee black, but Ellen prefers it with creamer."
13.AdjectiveOf 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) ."The black pieces in this chess set are made of dark blue glass."
14.AdjectiveSaid of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color."Compare two Unicode symbols: ☞ (“WHITE RIGHT POINTING INDEX”); ☛ (“BLACK RIGHT POINTING INDEX”)."
15.AdjectiveOf or pertaining to anarchism; anarchist.
16.AdjectiveRelated to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany."After the election, the parties united in a black-yellow alliance."
17.AdjectiveClandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public."5 percent of the Defense Department funding will go to black projects.; black operations/black ops; black room; black site"
18.AdjectiveOccult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
19.AdjectiveProtestant, often with the implication of being militantly pro-British or anti-Catholic."the Black North; the Royal Black Institution"
20.AdjectiveHaving one or more features (hair, fur, armour, clothes, bark, etc.) that is dark (or black)."the black knight; black bile; black birch; black locust; black rhino"
21.AdjectiveDark in comparison to another species with the same base name."black birch; black locust; black rhino"
22.AdjectiveSullen and solemn; bad-tempered and unhappy.
23.NounThe colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed."black: "
24.NounA black dye or pigment.
25.NounA pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
26.NounBlack cloth hung up at funerals.
27.NounA member or descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
28.NounBlackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups."black don't crack"
29.NounThe black ball.
30.NounThe edge of home plate.
31.NounA type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
32.NounBlackcurrant syrup or crème de cassis used for cocktails."Pernod and black; snakebite and black; cider and black"
33.NounThe person playing with the black set of pieces."At this point black makes a disastrous move."
34.NounSomething, or a part of a thing, which is black.
35.NounA stain; a spot.
36.NounA dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
37.NounMarijuana.
38.NounThe blackened, burned-out area at the centre of a fire.
39.VerbTo make black; to blacken.
40.VerbTo apply blacking to (something).
41.VerbTo boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.