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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. lacking hue or shades of grey; part white and part black;
- Example: "a black-and-white cow"
- Example: "black-and-white blooms"
- Example: "black-and-white stripes"

2. not having or not capable of producing colors;
- Example: "black-and-white film"
- Example: "a black-and-white TV"
- Example: "the movie was in black and white"
[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"