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  jet-black

  adjective

  deep-black.
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jet-black

American  

[jet-blak] / ˈdʒɛtˈblæk /

adjective

1. deep-black.

   jet-black hair.

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jet black British  

noun

1. 1. a deep black colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      jet-black hair

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Etymology

Origin of jet-black

First recorded in 1475–85

Example Sentences

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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

But finding yourself in a bind necessitates clever solutions, and Park’s already dark comedy turns jet-black as the director reveals that stress can beget new talents.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2025

Giant White Houses are white, with jet-black accents: the shutters, the gutters, the rooves.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2025

I looked at her, so close now that I could see a single jet-black strand of out-of-place hair.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

He now sports a jet black prosthetic leg with blood-red curves painted around it.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

Black Sabbath fans initially dubbed him with it thanks to his jet black onstage persona, decadent aura and lyrics that seemed obsessed by the occult.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025

“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

Aunt Heidi’s cat, I see as my eyes adjust, is jet black.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle