"blue-black" meaning in English

See blue-black in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more blue-black [comparative], most blue-black [superlative]
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  1. Of a very dark blue.
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  2. Black with bluish highlights.
    Sense id: en-blue-black-en-adj-Ni0KT9zm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Blacks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 12 40 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 27 24 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 31 21 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 28 23 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 22 26 25 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 23 25 27 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 25 27 25 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 25 27 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 22 27 25 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 21 27 24 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 23 25 27 25 Disambiguation of Blacks: 6 44 7 43

Noun

Forms: blue-blacks [plural]
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  1. A very dark blue. Translations (very dark blue): blåsort (Danish), sinakasmust (Estonian), sinimusta (Finnish), blauschwarz (German), 青黒 (aoguro) (alt: あおぐろ) (Japanese), blåsvart (Norwegian)
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  2. Black with bluish highlights. Translations (black with bluish highlights): blåsort (Danish), sinimusta (Finnish), μαυρογάλανος (mavrogálanos) (Greek), blåsvart (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-blue-black-en-noun-Ni0KT9zm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Blacks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 12 40 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 27 24 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 31 21 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 28 23 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 22 26 25 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 23 25 27 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 25 27 25 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 25 27 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 22 27 25 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 21 27 24 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 23 25 27 25 Disambiguation of Blacks: 6 44 7 43 Disambiguation of 'black with bluish highlights': 2 98

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