jet-black
adjective
deep-black.
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jet-black
American
[jet-blak]
/ ˈdʒɛtˈblæk /
adjective
jet black
British
noun
Etymology
Origin of jet-black
First recorded in 1475–85
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At Exigo Recycling's sprawling plant in Haryana state, a machine churns the batteries from e-scooters into a jet-black powder.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Kent’s jet-black sea is indistinguishable from the cosmos, and his white whale glows like some luminary body within it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
She'd wear outrageous costumes or jet-black sunglasses, deliberately putting a barrier between her and the journalist.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
The neighbor was a man in his early 40s, slim with jet-black hair, narrow eyes, and ruddy skin.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2025
Her once jet-black curly hair has been dyed blond.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
He now sports a jet black prosthetic leg with blood-red curves painted around it.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
“I don’t know. He’s got these weird eyebrows that were jet black, and we made them different and we were like, ‘It’s no longer him.’
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2025
A half-hour away in Palm Desert, Swiss artist Raphael Hefti, 46, has stretched an impossibly long strip of reinforced fire-hose material, jet black on one side and mirror-bright silver on the other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2025
She became emotional as she told the jury of her niece’s “sparkling eyes and curly jet black hair” and “glorious laughter”.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2024
But on his head the hair was jet black.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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