black

/blæk/ noun

Definition

COLOUR [C, U] › the colour of coal or of the sky on a very dark night: She always dresses in black (= in black clothes).

PERSON [C] › a black person

in the black › If your bank account is in the black, it contains some money.

→ See also jet-black

(Definition of black noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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