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black figure

black figure noun: figural depiction in black color on a red background.

Noun

black figure (plural black figures)

  1. (Ancient Greece) Figural depiction in black color on a red background.
    • black-figure pottery
    • black-figure vase painting

Forms of black figure

pluralblack figures

Questions about black figure

What does black figure mean?
Black figure means figural depiction in black color on a red background.
What part of speech is black figure?
Black figure is a noun.
What is the plural of black figure?
The plural of black figure is black figures.

Words near black figure in the dictionary

  1. black faxes
  2. black fellow
  3. black fellows
  4. Black Ferns
  5. black fever
  6. black figure
  7. black finger crab
  8. black finger crabs
  9. black flag
  10. black flagged
  11. black flagging

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