1.
2.
[syn: black-and-white, black and white(p)]
3. of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually exclusive categories;
- Example: "he rejected a black-and-white world"
- Example: "there are no black-and-white certainties"
- Example: "there were no grey areas, you were either for him or against him, he was all black-and-white"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
black-and-white \black-and-white\, black and white \black and
white\n.
print or writing, especially the result of the printing
process.
Syn: print.
[WordNet 1.5] black-and-white
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
black-and-white \black-and-white\, black and white \black and
white\adj. (Photography, Imaging; Printing)
depicted only in black and white colors, or in shades of
gray; also called monochromatic and monochrome; -- of
images. Opposite of color or in color, and contrasting
with polychrome technicolor three-color; as, a
black-and-white TV; black-and-white film; the movie
"Schindler's List" was shot in black and white.
Syn: black and white, monochromatic, monochrome.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
black-and-white
adj 1: lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black;
"a black-and-white cow"; "black-and-white blooms";
"black-and-white stripes"
2: not having or not capable of producing colors; "black-and-
white film"; "a black-and-white TV"; "the movie was in black
and white" [syn: black-and-white, black and white(p)]
[ant: color, colour]
3: of a situation that is sharply divided into mutually
exclusive categories; "he rejected a black-and-white world";
"there are no black-and-white certainties"; "there were no
grey areas, you were either for him or against him, he was
all black-and-white"