coal black

English

Etymology

From Middle English colblak, colblake, cole-blak, cole-blake, coleblacke, colle blake, from the phrase blak as cole (“black as coal”).

Adjective

coal black (not comparable)

  1. Of an intensely black colour, like that of coal.
    • 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 110:
      Thor glared at him with hard coal-black eyes[.]

Translations

Noun

coal black (plural coal blacks)

  1. A black colour, like that of coal; charcoal.
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See also
  • Appendix:Colors

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