jet-black
US/ˈd͡ʒɛtblæk/
jet-black noun: coal-black; the blackest black.
Noun
jet-black (uncountable)
- Coal-black; the blackest black.
Adjective
jet-black (comparative more jet-black, superlative most jet-black)
- Pitch-black; of the blackest black.
- Year after year unto her feet, / She lying on her couch alone, / Across the purpled coverlet, / The maiden's jet-black hair has grown, […]1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Day-Dream. The Sleeping Palace.”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 152
- Synonyms:
- jetty
jet-black meaning in Hindi, Kannada, Arabic and Indonesian
jet-black in Hindi
- jet-black, coal-black
- काला कलूटा kālā kalūṭā
jet-black in Kannada
- ಕಡುಗಪ್ಪಿನ, ಕಗ್ಗಪ್ಪಿನ, ತನಿಗರ್ಪು, ತನಿಗಪ್ಪು, ಲಿಗ್ನೈಟ್ ಬಣ್ಣದ
jet-black in Arabic
- the blackest black
- فَحْمِيّ faḥmiyy
jet-black in Indonesian
- the blackest black
- hitam legam
More languagesFewer languages
- jet-black in Vietnamese
- đen kịt, đen thui
Synonyms of jet-black
Forms of jet-black
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | jet black |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more jet-black |
| superlative | most jet-black |
Origin of jet-black
From jet + black.
Questions about jet-black
- What does jet-black mean?
- Jet-black means coal-black; the blackest black.
- What is jet-black in Hindi?
- Jet-black in Hindi is काला कलूटा (kālā kalūṭā). See Jet-black meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is jet-black?
- Jet-black can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce jet-black?
- Jet-black is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛtblæk/ (US).
Words near jet-black in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: jet-black (page history and authors); काला कलूटा (Hindi) (page history and authors); jet-black (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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