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tar-black

tar-black adjective: as black as tar; (by extension) very black or dark.

Adjective

tar-black (not comparable)

  1. As black as tar; (by extension) very black or dark.
    • His night's work done, he slipped back into the tar-black night ... […]2008, Dan Waddell, The Blood Detective, page 68
    • It was tar-black outside except for the flickering light of a torch stuck into a holder beside the door.2012, Kat Martin, Heart of Courage
    Synonyms:
    pitch-black

Synonyms of tar-black

Origin of tar-black

From tar + black.

Questions about tar-black

What does tar-black mean?
Tar-black means as black as tar; (by extension) very black or dark.
What part of speech is tar-black?
Tar-black is an adjective.

Words near tar-black in the dictionary

  1. tar'd
  2. tar-and-feather
  3. tar-and-feathered
  4. tar-and-feathering
  5. tar-and-feathers
  6. tar-black
  7. tar-boil
  8. tar-boils
  9. tar-brush
  10. tar-brushes
  11. Tar-Vabriga

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