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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten);
[syn: written communication, written language, black and white]

2. a black-and-white photograph or slide;
[syn: black and white, monochrome]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. 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)]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

White \White\, n. [1913 Webster] 1. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1. [1913 Webster] Finely attired in a of white. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye. [1913 Webster] 3. Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot. [1913 Webster] 'T was I won the wager, though you hit the white. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men. [1913 Webster] 5. A white pigment; as, Venice white. [1913 Webster] 6. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage. [1913 Webster] Black and white. See under Black. Flake white, Paris white, etc. See under Flack, Paris, etc. White of a seed (Bot.), the albumen. See Albumen, 2. White of egg, the viscous pellucid fluid which surrounds the yolk in an egg, particularly in the egg of a fowl. In a hen's egg it is alkaline, and contains about 86 per cent of water and 14 per cent of solid matter, the greater portion of which is egg albumin. It likewise contains a small amount of globulin, and traces of fats and sugar, with some inorganic matter. Heated above 60[deg] C. it coagulates to a solid mass, owing to the albumin which it contains. --Parr. White of the eye (Anat.), the white part of the ball of the eye surrounding the transparent cornea. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Black \Black\, n. 1. That which is destitute of light or whiteness; the darkest color, or rather a destitution of all color; as, a cloth has a good black. [1913 Webster] Black is the badge of hell, The hue of dungeons, and the suit of night. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A black pigment or dye. [1913 Webster] 3. A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races. [1913 Webster] 4. A black garment or dress; as, she wears black; pl. (Obs.) Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery. [1913 Webster] Friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like show death terrible. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] That was the full time they used to wear blacks for the death of their fathers. --Sir T. North. [1913 Webster] 5. The part of a thing which is distinguished from the rest by being black. [1913 Webster] The black or sight of the eye. --Sir K. Digby. [1913 Webster] 6. A stain; a spot; a smooch. [1913 Webster] Defiling her white lawn of chastity with ugly blacks of lust. --Rowley. [1913 Webster] Black and white, writing or print; as, I must have that statement in black and white. Blue black, a pigment of a blue black color. Ivory black, a fine kind of animal charcoal prepared by calcining ivory or bones. When ground it is the chief ingredient of the ink used in copperplate printing. Berlin black. See under Berlin. [1913 Webster]
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: 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] n 1: communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten) [syn: written communication, written language, black and white] 2: a black-and-white photograph or slide [syn: black and white, monochrome]