Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coal black

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables
coal black
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of an intensely black colour, like that of coal.

noun

A black colour, like that of coal; charcoal.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English colblak, colblake, cole-blak, cole-blake, coleblacke, colle blake, from the phrase blak as cole (“black as coal”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

coal blacks (plural)

Phrases

bone black

Frequently Paired Words

bone black

Synonyms

ebony jet black pitch black sable soot black

Antonyms

snow white snow-white

Questions

What does coal black mean?
Of an intensely black colour, like that of coal.
Where does coal black come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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