coal black en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English colblak, colblake, cole-blak, cole-blake, coleblacke, colle blake, from the phrase blak as cole (“black as coal”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of an intensely black colour, like that of coal.
Hung in the stocking / For my empty coal-black soul
2023, “Christmas, Why You Gotta Do Me Like This”, performed by Eels:Thor glared at him with hard coal-black eyes […]
1982 August, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; 3), London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 110:
Antonyms
Translations (21)
vo rabablägik (Of a black colour, like that of coal) · et süsimust (Of a black colour, like that of coal) · la anthracinus (Of a black colour, like that of coal) · ga gualda (Of a black colour, like that of coal) · hu szénfekete (Of a black colour, like that of coal) · vo kolatablägik (Of a black colour, like that of coal) · nb kullsvart (Of a black colour, like that of coal) · da kulsort (Of a black colour, like that of coal) · fa زغالی (Of a black colour, like that of coal) · id hitam arang (Of a black colour, like that of coal) · vo kolatarabablägik (Of a black colour, like that of coal) · fi hiilenmusta (Of a black colour, like that of coal) · ja 石炭黒 (Of a black colour, like that of coal) · de kohlenschwarz (Of a black colour, like that of coal) · ka ნახშირისფერი (Of a black colour, like that of coal) · gv geayl-ghoo (Of a black colour, like that of coal) · vo leblägik (Of a black colour, like that of coal) · ro negru ca cărbunele (Of a black colour, like that of coal) · fi hiilimusta (Of a black colour, like that of coal) · ca negre carbó (Of a black colour, like that of coal) · ang colsweart (Of a black colour, like that of coal)