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blackstart

blackstart noun: a bird (Oenanthe melanura) in the chat family, found in desert regions of the Middle East and North Africa.

blackstart: a bird (Oenanthe melanura) in the chat family, found in desert regions of the Middle East and North...
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Noun

blackstart (plural blackstarts)

  1. A bird (Oenanthe melanura) in the chat family, found in desert regions of the Middle East and North Africa.
  2. A restart of a power station without the use of power from the external electricity network.

Forms of blackstart

pluralblackstarts
alternative formblack start

Origin of blackstart

From black + start; in the sense of a bird, due to the analogy of redstart.

Questions about blackstart

What does blackstart mean?
Blackstart means a bird (Oenanthe melanura) in the chat family, found in desert regions of the Middle East and North Africa.
What part of speech is blackstart?
Blackstart is a noun.
What is the plural of blackstart?
The plural of blackstart is blackstarts.

Words near blackstart in the dictionary

  1. blackspot seabreams
  2. blackspots
  3. blackspotted
  4. blackspotted pike
  5. blackspotted pikes
  6. blackstart
  7. blackstarts
  8. blackster
  9. blacksters
  10. Blackstock
  11. Blackstocks

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