JET-BLACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jet-black mean? 

• JET-BLACK (adjective)
  The adjective JET-BLACK has 1 sense:

1. of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

  Familiarity information: JET-BLACK used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JET-BLACK (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

Synonyms:

coal-black; jet; jet-black; pitchy; sooty

Similar:

achromatic; neutral (having no hue)

 Context examples 

Her jet-black hair was gathered back under a light pink coif, her head poised proudly upon her neck, and her step long and springy, like that of some wild, tireless woodland creature.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Such a concentration of rage and scorn as darkened her face, and flashed in her jet-black eyes, I could not have thought compressible even into that face.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)