black
adjective
/blæk/
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- (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
- (typography) Said of a symbol or character that is solid, filled with color. Compare .
- (politics) Related to the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
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musta
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- (US, UK, South Africa) Belonging to or descended from any of various sub-Saharan African ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
- (sometimes capitalized) Belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes below.)
- (board games, chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the "black" set (in chess, the set used by the player who moves second) (often regardless of the pieces' actual colour).
- Occult; relating to something (such as mystical or magical knowledge) which is unknown to or kept secret from the general public.
- (taxonomy, especially) Dark in comparison to another species with the same base name.
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musta,
mustaihoinen
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- (of objects, markets, etc) Illegitimate, illegal, or disgraced.
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musta,
pimeä
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- Clandestine; relating to a political, military, or espionage operation or site, the existence or details of which is withheld from the general public.
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musta,
pimeä,
salainen
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musta,
synkkä
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- (Ireland, informal) Overcrowded.
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mustanaan
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- (chiefly, historical) Designated for use by those ethnic groups (as described above).
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mustien
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- (of a place, etc) Without light.
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pimeä
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- Expressing menace or discontent; threatening; sullen.
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synkeä
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black
noun
/blæk/
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- (countable, and, uncountable) The colour/color perceived in the absence of light, but also when no light is reflected, but rather absorbed.
- (countable) A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of black pigment.
- (British, countable) A type of firecracker that is really more dark brown in colour.
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musta
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- (in chess and similar games, countable) The person playing with the black set of pieces.
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musta,
mustaherukka,
mustaihoinen
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- (sometimes capitalised, countable, often, offensive) A member of descendant of any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin. (See usage notes.)
- A dark smut fungus, harmful to wheat.
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musta,
mustaihoinen
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- (countable, and, uncountable) A black dye or pigment.
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musta,
musta väriaine
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- (in the plural) Black cloth hung up at funerals.
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musta vaate,
mustaherukka
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- (billiards, snooker, pool, countable) The black ball.
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musta,
musta pallo
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- (informal, countable) Short for blackcurrant, especially (chiefly, _, UK) as syrup or crème de cassis used for cocktails.
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mustaherukka
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- (countable) Something, or a part of a thing, which is black.
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mustuainen
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blackness
noun
/ˈblæknəs/
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- The state or quality of being black in colour.
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mustuus
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