: deep black in color : black as jet
jet-black hair

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In it, Dorje Chang, barely 30, has a jet-black bowl cut and wears a white robe and black dress shoes. Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024 Chong dehydrates this sour black rice, grinds it into a powder, and sprinkles it atop a drink called Kuro Koji, adding a dramatic jet-black top to the cocktail of purple sweet potato, Okinawan rice distillate, sweet sake, shikuwasa, and koregusu. Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024 Photo: Prime Video And whom is this faux-Gothic ring with a jet-black stone for? Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024 Like the best thrillers of this ilk, though, its darkest impulses do not weigh it down but rather give it a sadistic, jet-black comic edge. Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for jet-black 

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of jet-black was in the 15th century

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“Jet-black.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jet-black. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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