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jet-black

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jet-black (jtblk)
adj.
Deep black.
[From jet.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.jet-black - of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
coal-black, jet, pitchy, sooty
achromatic, neutral - having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"
jet-black1
noun & adjective black, jet, raven, ebony, sable, pitch-black, inky, coal-black a woman with large grey eyes and jet-black hair see shades of black to white
Translations
jet-black [ˈdʒetˈblæk] ADJ → negro azabache inv
jet-black [ˌdʒɛtˈblæk] adj → nero/a come l'ebano
jet-black hair → capelli mpl corvini
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Dark crimson velvet, dark purple silk, and jet-black cloth, with linen of dazzling whiteness, composed the festive dress of the President, who marched at the head of his Committee carrying an enormous nosegay, like that which a hundred and twenty-one years later, Monsieur de Robespierre displayed at the festival of "The Supreme Being.
The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
One side of her was fiery red, with jet-black hair and green eyes and the other side of her was bright yellow, with crimson hair and black eyes.
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Passepartout saw, too, begging friars, long-robed pilgrims, and simple civilians, with their warped and jet-black hair, big heads, long busts, slender legs, short stature, and complexions varying from copper-colour to a dead white, but never yellow, like the Chinese, from whom the Japanese widely differ.
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