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blk.

blk. is the abbreviation of black.

blk. is the abbreviation of block.

Meaning of black

Noun

black (countable and uncountable, plural blacks)

  1. The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
    • Black is the badge of hell, / The hue of dungeons, and the suit of night.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    blackness
    Antonyms:
    whiteness
  2. A black dye or pigment.
    Antonyms:
    white
  3. (countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
  4. (in plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
    • Groans, and convulsions, and a discolored face, and friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like, show death terrible.1625, Francis Bacon, “Of Death”, in Essays
  5. (capitalized, countable, offensive, often, sometimes) A member or descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
    • "How! They surely cannot pretend that the black is an Englishman?" "There are all kinds of Englishmen, black and white, when seamen grow scarce. […]"1863, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter XXIV, in Miles Wallingford
    Synonyms:
    BIPOC, BME, colored, colored person, minority, nonwhite, person of color
  6. (informal, uncountable) Blackness, the condition of belonging to or being descended from one of these ethnic groups.
    • black don't crack

See all 49 meanings of black

Meaning of block

Noun

block (plural blocks)

  1. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
    • a block of ice; a block of stone
    1. A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
      • Anne Boleyn placed her head on the block and awaited her execution.
    2. A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
      • Next morning, Monday, after disposing of the embalmed head to a barber, for a block, I settled my own and comrade’s bill; using, however, my comrade’s money.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 13”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
    3. A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
      • He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    4. (dated) A piece of hard wood on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted.
    5. A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.

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Forms of blk.

pluralblks.

Questions about blk.

What is blk. the abbreviation of?
Blk. is the abbreviation of black.

Words near blk. in the dictionary

  1. blizzaster
  2. blizzasters
  3. blizzicane
  4. blizzicanes
  5. blk
  6. blk.
  7. blkd.
  8. blkds.
  9. blks.
  10. BLL
  11. BLLs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: blk. (page history and authors); black (page history and authors); block (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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