black
/blæk/ adjectiveTranslation
COLOUR › being the colour of coal or of the sky on a very dark night
kara
a black jacket 1502PERSON › Someone who is black has the dark skin typical of people from Africa.
zenci ırkından
black athletes/Americans15022098667OF BLACK PEOPLE › relating to black people
siyahi
the black community667DRINK › Black tea or coffee has no milk or cream added to it.
sade (kahve, çay)
886HUMOUR › funny about unpleasant or frightening subjects
kara (mizah)
black comedy1454456ANGRY › angry
kızgın
He gave her a black look.2130SITUATION › If your situation or future is black, it is very bad.
geleceği karanlık, belirsiz
2110black and blue › covered with bruises (= marks on your skin from being hit)
yara bere, çürük içinde, yüzü gözü mosmor
592black and white › very clear or simple
blackness noun [U] › açık ve net
The issue of nuclear weapons is not black and white.1129siyahlık
→ See also jet-black → See also pitch-black(Definition of black adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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