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what does black-and-white mean?

BLACK-AND-WHITE as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • not having or not capable of producing colors
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • black-and-white film
    • a black-and-white TV
    • the movie was in black and white
    Antonym(s)
  2. Meaning
    • of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories
    Usage Example(s)
    • he rejected a black-and-white world
    • there are no black-and-white certainties
    • there were no gray areas, you were either for him or against him, he was all black-and-white
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what does black and white mean?

BLACK AND WHITE as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a black-and-white photograph or slide
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) black and white is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • the result of the printing process
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • I want to see it in black and white
    Hypernyms(s) black and white is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
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