"coal black" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English colblak, colblake, cole-blak, cole-blake, coleblacke, colle blake, from the phrase blak as cole (“black as coal”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|colblak}} Middle English colblak, {{m|enm|colblake}} colblake, {{m|enm|cole-blak}} cole-blak, {{m|enm|cole-blake}} cole-blake, {{m|enm|coleblacke}} coleblacke, {{m|enm|colle blake}} colle blake, {{m|enm|blak as cole|t=black as coal}} blak as cole (“black as coal”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} coal black (not comparable)
  1. Of an intensely black colour, like that of coal. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: coal-black, coalblack Translations (Of a black colour, like that of coal): negre carbó [masculine] (Catalan), kulsort (Danish), süsimust (Estonian), hiilenmusta (Finnish), hiilimusta (Finnish), ნახშირისფერი (naxširisperi) (Georgian), szénfekete (Hungarian), hitam arang (Indonesian), gualda (Irish), anthracinus (Latin), geayl-ghoo (Manx), kullsvart (Norwegian Bokmål), colsweart (Old English), gúalda (Old Irish), زغالی (zoğâli) (Persian), negru ca cărbunele [masculine] (Romanian), kolatablägik (Volapük), kolatarabablägik (Volapük), rabablägik (Volapük), leblägik [augmentative] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-coal_black-en-adj-E-3iQAq9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 67 33

Noun

Forms: coal blacks [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English colblak, colblake, cole-blak, cole-blake, coleblacke, colle blake, from the phrase blak as cole (“black as coal”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|colblak}} Middle English colblak, {{m|enm|colblake}} colblake, {{m|enm|cole-blak}} cole-blak, {{m|enm|cole-blake}} cole-blake, {{m|enm|coleblacke}} coleblacke, {{m|enm|colle blake}} colle blake, {{m|enm|blak as cole|t=black as coal}} blak as cole (“black as coal”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} coal black (plural coal blacks)
  1. A black colour, like that of coal; charcoal. Categories (topical): Blacks Related terms: bone black
    Sense id: en-coal_black-en-noun-Y2LM8Ypy Disambiguation of Blacks: 19 81

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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