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
Indeed, on board, the jet-black seats were thinly padded and deeply uncomfortable, but otherwise the major new annoyance of the flying experience involved taking out my credit card to pay for a snack.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2024
Sinwar, who has striking snow-white hair and jet-black eyebrows, is the leader of Hamas's political wing in Gaza, and one of Israel's most wanted men.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2023
A little boy with jet-black hair and dark eyes comes up to Ford and says something in Spanish.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
He now sports a jet black prosthetic leg with blood-red curves painted around it.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
The two women are so close that Maggie has even taken to dressing a bit like Alma and painting her nails the same jet black color.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 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
Two days after being rescued, the 6-month-old mutts — one tiger-striped, the other jet black — mostly dozed on donated blankets amid chew toys, still drained from their ordeal.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2024
It was jet black, like a slab of black steak.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
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