What does coal-black mean?
Coal-black means Alternative form of coal black..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Alternative form of coal black..
I arrived at the fag end of winter, in the time of the veritable Bulgakovian black snow — fur-grey, at least, in the parks and under the Kremlin walls; great coal-black lumps in the gutters of the big prospekty.
Use coal-black when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Coal-black means Alternative form of coal black..
Common synonyms include achromatic, colorless, pitchy, jet-black.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I arrived at the fag end of winter, in the time of the veritable Bulgakovian black snow — fur-grey, at least, in the parks and under the Kremlin walls; great coal-black lumps in the gutters of the big prospekty.
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