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Black And White

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Noun

1. black and white, written communication, written language

communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten)

2. black and white, monochrome

a black-and-white photograph or slide

Adjective

3. black and white, black-and-white

not having or not capable of producing colors

Example Sentences:
'black-and-white film'
'a black-and-white TV'
'the movie was in black and white'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Black And White

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adjective
1. 
(of an image) not in colour
a black-and-white photo of the two of us together
old black and white film footage
2. 
only transmitting images in black and white
They watched the ceremony on a flickering black-and-white television set.
3. 
in which it is possible to draw clear boundaries or make absolute judgements
But this isn't a simple black and white affair, Marianne.
noun
4.  to be in black and white
5.  in black and white
6.  to see something in black and white
noun
1. 
a. 
a photograph, picture, sketch, etc, in black, white, and shades of grey rather than in colour
b. 
(as modifier)
black-and-white film
2. 
the neutral tones of black, white, and intermediate shades of grey
Compare colour (sense 2)
3.  in black and white

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Black And White

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1. 
writing or print
to put an agreement down in black and white
2. 
a drawing or picture done in black and white
3. 
reproduction, as by photography or television, of images in black, white, and gray rather than in chromatic colors
adjective
1. 
set down in writing or print
2. 
partly black and partly white
a black-and-white tie
3. 
a. 
reproduced, rendered, etc. in black, white, and gray rather than in chromatic colors
a black-and-white print
b. 
producing images in black, white, and gray
a black-and-white TV set
4. 
of or based on absolute values that are exactly opposite
an issue seen only in black-and-white terms of right or wrong
noun
5. 
a black-and-white photograph
6.  Slang
a police patrol car

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Black And White

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adj.
1. Partially black and partially white: a black-and-white cow.
2. Being in writing or print: black-and-white proof.
3.
a. Rendered in black and white or in achromatic colors: a black-and-white drawing.
b. Of or relating to the reproduction or presentation of visual images in black and white: black-and-white television; black-and-white photography.
4. Expressing, recognizing, or based on two mutually exclusive sets of ideas or values: black-and-white categories; a black-and-white point of view.
n.
1. Writing or print: saw their words in black and white.
2. A color palette, as in photography or printmaking, employing only black and white or black, white, and values of gray: a film shot in black and white; a painting reproduced in black and white.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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