coal black

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See also: coal-black and coalblack

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Etymology

From Middle English colblak, colblake, cole-blak, cole-blake, coleblacke, colle blake, from the phrase blak as cole (black as coal).

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coal black (not comparable)

  1. Of an intensely black colour, like that of coal.

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coal black (plural coal blacks)

  1. A black colour, like that of coal; charcoal.
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