tar-black

adj

Etymology

From tar + black.

  1. inherited from *bʰleg-
  2. inherited from *blakaz
  3. inherited from *blak
  4. inherited from blæc
  5. inherited from blak
  6. compounded as tar-black — “tar + black

Definitions

  1. As black as tar

    As black as tar; (by extension) very black or dark.

    • His night's work done, he slipped back into the tar-black night ... […]
    • It was tar-black outside except for the flickering light of a torch stuck into a holder beside the door.
    • […] reinvents herself several times until she settles on the persona and name of “Bride” that befits the stunning image she creates of herself with her brilliant white clothes that contrast radically with her tar-black skin.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for tar-black. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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