coal black

adj

Etymology

From Middle English colblak, colblake, cole-blak, cole-blake, coleblacke, colle blake, from the phrase blak as cole (“black as coal”).

  1. inherited from colblak

Definitions

  1. Of an intensely black colour, like that of coal.

    • Thor glared at him with hard coal-black eyes […]
    • Hung in the stocking / For my empty coal-black soul
  2. A black colour, like that of coal

    A black colour, like that of coal; charcoal.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA