blackness

/ˈblæknɪs/
/ˈblæknəs/
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Other forms: blacknesses

Definitions of blackness
  1. noun
    total absence of light
    synonyms: black, lightlessness, pitch blackness, total darkness
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    type of:
    dark, darkness
    absence of light or illumination
  2. noun
    the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
    synonyms: black, inkiness
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    types:
    coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black
    a very dark black
    type of:
    achromatic color, achromatic colour
    a color lacking hue; white or grey or black
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