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blacks¹

  • /blæks/

Rhymes with -æks

noun

  1. plural plural of black
  2. A kind of ink in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape and the residue of the wine press.
  3. Black garments, etc. Friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like show death terrible.

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of black

Blacks²

proper noun

  1. plural plural of Black

Blacks³

noun

  1. plural plural of Black

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: pitch-black, pitch-dark, bleak, calamitous, disastrous, grim, dirty, soiled, unclean, dark, hopeless, sinister, covert, evil, wicked, unfortunate

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"blacks." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/blacks. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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blacks. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/blacks

Chicago

"blacks." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/blacks.

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@misc{blacks_2026,
  title = {blacks},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blacks},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}