: deep black in color : black as jet
jet-black hair

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The body had been drained of blood and scrubbed clean with a coconut-fiber brush, appearing stark white in the sun, in contrast to the victim’s jet-black hair. Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025 Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice, which marks the Korean filmmaker’s first time playing in the Venice Film Festival competition, scored an 8 1/2-minute ovation Friday after the jet-black comedy thriller’s world premiere. Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025 There were many nights of cooking out in the wind and rain and jet-black sky, a lot of ramen. The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2025 The shoes featured a matte finish and dramatic stiletto heel, creating a sleek and vivid punctuation mark beneath the floor-sweeping hem of her jet-black trousers. Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 26 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for jet-black

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of jet-black was in the 15th century

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“Jet-black.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jet-black. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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