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{
"term": "black",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "having the very darkest colour, like coal or the sky at night",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a shiny black car"
},
{
"text": "black storm clouds"
},
{
"text": "She had curly black hair and hazel eyes."
}
],
"topics": ["Colours and Shapes"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["very", "all", "completely"],
"adjective": ["deep", "jet", "pitch"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "without light; completely dark",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a black night"
},
{
"text": "My head banged on a rock and everything went black."
},
{
"text": "The wind and rain intensified the black darkness outside."
},
{
"text": "Through the black night came the sound of thunder."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["very", "all", "completely"],
"adjective": ["deep", "jet", "pitch"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "belonging to a group of people who have dark skin, especially people who come from or whose ancestors came from Africa; connected with black people",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The film is set in a historically black community."
},
{
"text": "a discussion of what it means to be Black and British"
},
{
"text": "a Black woman writer"
},
{
"text": "He's seen as a role model for young Black men."
}
],
"topics": ["People in society"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "without milk",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Two black coffees, please."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "very dirty; covered with dirt",
"examples": [
{
"text": "chimneys black with smoke"
},
{
"text": "Go and wash your hands; they're absolutely black!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "full of anger or hate",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She's been in a really black mood all day."
},
{
"text": "Rory shot her a black look."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "without hope; very depressing",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The future looks pretty black."
},
{
"text": "It's been another black day for the north-east with the announcement of further job losses."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "evil or immoral",
"labels": "(literary)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "black deeds/lies"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 9,
"definition": "dealing with unpleasant or terrible things, such as murder, in a humorous way",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘Good place to bury the bodies,’ she joked with **black humour**."
},
{
"text": "The play is a **black comedy**."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "(to hit somebody until they are) covered with bruises (= blue, brown or purple marks on the body)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that you should not criticize somebody for a fault that you have yourself",
"labels": "(saying, informal)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/blæk/",
"audio": "bl/black/black__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/blæk/",
"audio": "bl/black/black__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English blæc, of Germanic origin."
}